շղթայ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From earlier *շշղթայ (*ššłtʿay), from dialectal Classical Syriac *šišiltāʼ, which must have existed alongside the regular ܫܝܫܠܬܐ (šēšaltāʼ, chain).

Noun

շղթայ (šłtʿay)

  1. chain
    շղթայ ոսկիšłtʿay oskigold chain
    շղթայք գերութեանšłtʿaykʿ gerutʿeanthe bonds of slavery
    արկանել ի շղթայսarkanel i šłtʿaysto chain, to enchain, to put in chains, irons or fetters
    խորտակել զշղթայսxortakel zšłtʿaysto break one's chains
  2. (figuratively) chain, concatenation, continuity, series

Declension

Derived terms

  • շղթայագործ (šłtʿayagorc)
  • շղթայակապ (šłtʿayakap)
  • շղթայաձեւ (šłtʿayajew)
  • շղթայատող (šłtʿayatoł)
  • շղթայեմ (šłtʿayem)
  • շղթայօրէն (šłtʿayōrēn)
  • շրթնաշղթայ (šrtʿnašłtʿay)
  • շրթնաշղթայաշար (šrtʿnašłtʿayašar)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), շղթայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), շղթայ”, 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
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