հաղբք

• խաղբք (xałbkʿ)

The earlier form is խաղբք (xałbkʿ), from *խաբղ (*xabł), borrowed from Classical Syriac ܚܒܠܐ‎ (ḥaḇlā, “rope, wire”), +‎ -ք (-kʿ).

հաղբք • (hałbkʿ) pl

1. snare, trap, ambush, springe, noose

   արկանել ի հաղբս ― arkanel i hałbs ― to draw into snare, to entrap, to inveigle

   անկանել ի հաղբս ― ankanel i hałbs ― to fall into a snare

   ընդ աղբ եւ ընդ խաղբ գալ ― ənd ałb ew ənd xałb gal ― to be ill clothed, to be poorly or shabbily dressed

2. the rope or wire used in a trap

• խաղբակեմ (xałbakem)

• Armenian: խախբՙ (xaxbʿ), խաբՙ (xabʿ) (dialectal), հաղբ (hałb) (learned)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “հաղբ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 14b
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հաղբք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 308
• Müller, Friedrich (1893), “Kleine Mittheilungen [Pahlawi-, neupersische und armenische Etymologien]”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎ (in German), volume 7, page 381
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հաղբք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy