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մած

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ǵ- (to knead). Cognates include Old Church Slavonic мазати (mazati), мазь (mazĭ), масло (maslo) (Russian ма́зать (mázatʹ), мазь (mazʹ), ма́сло (máslo)), Ancient Greek μαγίς (magís, any kneaded mass), Middle Irish maistir (to churn) and Old English macian (English make).

Adjective

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մած (mac) indeclinable

  1. glued together, joined
  2. curdled, coagulated
  3. adhesive, sticking, adherent
  4. dense, compact

Derived terms

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References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մած”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մած”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մած”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy