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աղու

աղու

Armenian

Adjective

աղու (ału) (superlative ամենաաղու)

  1. agreeable, pleasant, nice; sweet
  2. (figuratively) pretending to be nice, knavish

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From աղ (, salt) + -ու (-u). For the sense development compare Russian сладкий (sladkij), which is related to соль (solʹ).

Adjective

աղու (ału) indeclinable

  1. soft, sweet, agreeable, affable
  2. delicious, tender, delicate
  3. (figuratively) knavish, dodge, pretending to be nice

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), աղու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), աղու”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), աղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935