աղաչեմ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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According to Martirosyan, who is slightly tweaking Klingenschmitt's etymology, from Proto-Indo-European *sl̥h₂-sḱ-ye- with Ancient Greek ἱλάσκομαι (hiláskomai) and perhaps Latin solor as cognates.

But according to Pokorny and J̌ahukyan, inherited from the Proto-Indo-European onomatopoeic root *el-, *ol-, on which see ողբ (ołb); J̌ahukyan reconstructs an intermediate form *oləkyō- with a question mark.

In any case closely related to աղօթք (ałōtʻkʻ, prayer).

Verb

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աղաչեմ (ałačʻem)

  1. (transitive) to supplicate, to pray, to conjure
  2. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be supplicated

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: աղաչել (aġačʻel)

References

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