հեղձամղձուկ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian հեղձամղձուկ (hełjamłjuk).

Pronunciation

Adjective

հեղձամղձուկ • (heġjamġjuk) (superlative ամենահեղձամղձուկ)

  1. drowned, suffocated
  2. suffocating, stifling

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • հեղձամուղձ (hełjamułj)

Etymology

Perhaps a u-type and m-type reduplication of հեղձ- (hełj-) +‎ -ուկ (-uk); compare աղջամուղջ (ałǰamułǰ). Or from հեղձ- (hełj-) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ մղձուկ- (młjuk-).

Adjective

հեղձամղձուկ • (hełjamłjuk)

  1. drowned, suffocated
    հեղձամղձուկ ձայնիւ ― hełjamłjuk jayniw ― in a stifled voice
    հեղձամղձուկ արտասունք ― hełjamłjuk artasunkʻ ― repressed tears
    հեղձամղձուկ առնել ― hełjamłjuk aṙnel ― to stifle, to choke; to smother, to suffocate; to drown
    հեղձամղձուկ լինել ի բարկութէնէ ― hełjamłjuk linel i barkutʻēnē ― to be half choked with rage or anger
  2. (figuratively) oppressed, agitated, disquieted, grievous, anxious
    հեղձամղձուկ ի վշտացն ― hełjamłjuk i vštacʻn ― loaded with grief; woe-begone
    հեղձամղձուկ լինէր սիրտ իմ ― hełjamłjuk linēr sirt im ― my heart was ready to break, was oppressed with grief
  3. suffocating, stifling
    հեղձամղձուկ օդ կամ ջերմութիւն ― hełjamłjuk ōd kam ǰermutʻiwn ― sultry weather or heat
    հեղձամղձուկ հազ ― hełjamłjuk haz ― a stifling cough; hooping cough

Descendants

  • Armenian: հեղձամղձուկ (heġjamġjuk)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հեղձամղձուկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հեղձամղձուկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մղձուկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 403
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