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-ատ

-ատ

See also: -ատ- and Appendix:Variations of "at"

Armenian

Suffix

-ատ (-at)

  1. -less, clipped, cut
    պոչ (počʿ)tail
    պոչատ (počʿat)tailless
    գլուխ (glux)head
    գլխատ (glxat)headless, with the head cut

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Probably of Proto-Indo-European origin and cognate with Sanskrit -अद्- (-ad-), Avestan [script needed] (-əδ-), Ancient Greek -αδ- (-ad-). Compare Sanskrit दृषद् (dṛṣad, rock), Ancient Greek δειράς (deirás, ridge of a chain of hills), genitive δειράδος (deirádos).

Suffix

-ատ (-at)

  1. Found in արմատ (armat), հաստատ (hastat) and perhaps աղքատ (ałkʿat), անքատ (ankʿat), փինատ (pʿinat).

Etymology 2

From the root of հատանեմ (hatanem, to cut), with the loss of h-. Compare the pair փայտահատ (pʿaytahat) : փայտատ (pʿaytat).

Suffix

-ատ (-at)

  1. -less, clipped, cut
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A1%D5%BF'>Old Armenian words suffixed with -ատ</a>

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -ատ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48