Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• աղաւտ ‎(aławt)

Adjective

աղօտ • ‎(ałōt)

1. dim, dark, dull (of light)

   աղօտ լոյս‎ ― ałōt loys ― darkness visible, glimmer, faint light

   ընդ աղոտ‎ ― ənd ałot ― obscurely, darkly, indistinctly, dimly; near-sighted; hazy, obscure

   ընդ աղօտ տեսանել՝ ակնարկել‎ ― ənd ałōt tesanel, aknarkel ― to catch a glimpse of, to see indistinctly, to blink

2. weak, feeble (of voice)

   իբրեւ աղօտ իմն շունչ յըռնգունս ունէին‎ ― ibrew ałōt imn šunčʿ yəṙnguns unēin ― they were at the last gasp

3. (grammar) short (of vowels, syllables)
4. feeble, indistinct, small

   իբրեւ աղօտ իմն շունչ յըռնգունս ունէին‎ ― ibrew ałōt imn šunčʿ yəṙnguns unēin ― they were at the last gasp

Declension

Adverb

աղօտ • ‎(ałōt)

1. obscurely, darkly, indistinctly, dimly

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: աղոտ ‎(ałot)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աղօտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աղօտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “աղօտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 138b
• Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 18–19
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “աղաւտ”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 35