անքատ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Ačaṙyan rejects all proposals and leaves the origin open. Ałayan derives from Proto-Indo-European *ank- (“need, necessity”) + -ատ (-at), with cognates such as Ancient Greek ἀνάγκη (anánkē), Old Irish écen (“necessity, compulsion”), Welsh angen (“necessity”), Breton anken (“anxiety”); on this root see Pokorny. To explain the -ք- (-kʻ-) instead of expected -գ- (-g-) Ałayan assumes the analogical influence of աղքատ (ałkʻat).

Adjective

անքատ • (ankʻat)

  1. indigent, necessitous, poor, forlorn
  2. greedy; avaricious, covetous

Declension

i-a-type or i-type
singular plural
nominative անքատ (ankʻat) անքատք (ankʻatkʻ)
genitive անքատի (ankʻati) ?
dative անքատի (ankʻati) ?
accusative անքատ (ankʻat) անքատս (ankʻats)
ablative անքատէ (ankʻatē) ?
instrumental ? ?
locative անքատի (ankʻati) անքատս (ankʻats)

the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension

Derived terms

  • անանքատ (anankʻat)
  • անքատանամ (ankʻatanam)
  • անքատիմ (ankʻatim)
  • անքատութիւն (ankʻatutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: անքոտ (ankʻot)

References

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