լայաղ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian լայեխ (layex), լայէխ (layēx), լայեղ (layeġ), from Arabic لَائِق (lāʔiq). In some dialects, via Ottoman Turkish لایق (layık).

Pronunciation

Adjective

լայաղ • (layaġ) (dialectal)

  1. worthy
    Synonyms: վայել (vayel), արժանի (aržani)
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 26:[1]
      լայեղ․ տէնեօ
      layeġ; tēneō
      լայեղ (layeġ) = degno

Declension

Derived terms

  • լայաղ անել (layaġ anel, to deign)

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 226

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “լայէխ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
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