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 žoġovacu; 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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