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խեղ
խեղ
Armenian
Adjective
խեղ • (xeł) (superlative ամենախեղ)
- (archaic) maimed, mutilated; disabled, crippled
Declension
nominalized, i-type (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | խեղ (xeł) | խեղեր (xełer) | ||
| dative | խեղի (xełi) | խեղերի (xełeri) | ||
| ablative | խեղից (xełicʿ) | խեղերից (xełericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | խեղով (xełov) | խեղերով (xełerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | խեղը/խեղն (xełə/xełn) | խեղերը/խեղերն (xełerə/xełern) | ||
| dative | խեղին (xełin) | խեղերին (xełerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | խեղս (xełs) | խեղերս (xełers) | ||
| dative | խեղիս (xełis) | խեղերիս (xełeris) | ||
| ablative | խեղիցս (xełicʿs) | խեղերիցս (xełericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | խեղովս (xełovs) | խեղերովս (xełerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | խեղդ (xełd) | խեղերդ (xełerd) | ||
| dative | խեղիդ (xełid) | խեղերիդ (xełerid) | ||
| ablative | խեղիցդ (xełicʿd) | խեղերիցդ (xełericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | խեղովդ (xełovd) | խեղերովդ (xełerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- խիղ (xił) (3rd sense only)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kHel- (“to bend; to cause to deviate”). Related to շեղ (šeł).
Adjective
խեղ • (xeł)
- mutilated, lame
- խեղ ձեռօք ― xeł jeṙōkʿ ― crippled in the arm
- խեղ ոտիւք ― xeł otiwkʿ ― lame, crippled in the feet; handy-legged
- sore (of an eye)
- abominable
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | խեղ (xeł) | խեղք (xełkʿ) | |
| genitive | խեղի (xełi) | խեղաց (xełacʿ) | |
| dative | խեղի (xełi) | խեղաց (xełacʿ) | |
| accusative | խեղ (xeł) | խեղս (xełs) | |
| ablative | խեղէ (xełē) | խեղաց (xełacʿ) | |
| instrumental | խեղաւ (xeław) | խեղաւք = խեղօք (xeławkʿ = xełōkʿ) | |
| locative | խեղի (xełi) | խեղս (xełs) |
Derived terms
Terms derived from խեղ (xeł)
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Descendants
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “խեղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “խեղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “խեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 327