անկյալ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian անկեալ (ankeal), the participle of անկանիմ (ankanim, to fall).

Pronunciation

Adjective

անկյալ (ankyal) (superlative ամենաանկյալ)

  1. (dated) fallen
  2. homeless, deprived of shelter
  3. powerless, weak, feeble
  4. sick; invalid, disabled
  5. (colloquial) lazy (behaving like a sick person)

Declension

References

  • անկյալ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), անկեալ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944–1945), անկեալ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: State Publishing House
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), անկյալ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
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