գաղջ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian գաղջ (gałǰ); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Adjective

գաղջ • (gaġǰ) (superlative ամենագաղջ)

  1. warmish, lukewarm

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • գաղճ (gałč)

Etymology

According to Martirosyan perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wl̥-yéh₂-s, genitive of *wól-ih₂, whence գոլ (gol); see it for more.[1]

Adjective

գաղջ • (gałǰ)

  1. warmish, lukewarm

Declension

Derived terms

  • գաղճանամ (gałčanam)
  • գաղջանամ (gałǰanam)
  • գաղջացուցանեմ (gałǰacʻucʻanem)

Descendants

  • Armenian: գաղջ (gaġǰ)

References

  1. Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “gaɫǰ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 195

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գաղջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գաղջ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաղջ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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