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լակ

լակ

Armenian

Pronunciation

Noun

լակ (lak)

  1. swill, mash
Declension
References
  • լակ¹”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1972, page 371a

Etymology 2

Ačaṙyan connects with synonymous dialectal լախ (lax), which is a borrowing from Persian لغ (laġ, an addle egg).[1]

On the other hand, according to J̌ahukyan probably inherited from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ləg-, an ablaut grade of the root *(s)lēg- (to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd).[2] See լոկ (lok) for more on this.

Pronunciation

Adjective

լակ (lak)

  1. (dialectal, Ararat, Karabakh) addle, spoiled, rotten (of an egg)
  2. (dialectal, Karabakh) overripe (of fruits, especially watermelon)
Declension
Synonyms
  • լախ (lax)
References
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), լակ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 180c
  • լակ²”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1972, page 371a

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  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), լակ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 407b
  2. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1991), “Stugabanutʿyunner [Etymologies]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal] (in Armenian), issue 2, page 40