ականակիտ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ականակիտ (akanakit); see it for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): [ɑkɑnɑˈkit]
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  • Hyphenation: ա‧կա‧նա‧կիտ

Adjective

ականակիտ (akanakit) (superlative ամենաականակիտ)

  1. clear, limpid

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

The first part is either ակն (akn, jewel, gem) or ակն (akn, spring, source). The origin and meaning of *կիտ (*kit) is uncertain; it may mean ‘shine’ or ‘clear, limpid’, in which case the compound would mean ‘shiny like a jewel’ or ‘having a limpid source/spring’.

Adjective

ականակիտ (akanakit)

  1. clear, limpid (of water, pearl, star, light, words, instruction)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ականակիտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ականակիտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կիտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 364
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