Reconstruction:Old Armenian/աղջ-

This Old Armenian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Martirosyan, from Proto-Armenian *ałǰ-i, from *alg-i, by metathesis from *agl-i, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)gʰl-i, a frozen locative of *h₂(e)gʰl- (“darkness, fog, mist”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἀχλύς (akhlús, “mist; darkness”) and Old Prussian aglo (“rain”).

Noun

*աղջ- • (*ałǰ-)

darkness, fog, twilight

Derived terms

աղջաղջ (ałǰałǰ)
աղջամղջեալ (ałǰamłǰeal)
աղջամղջին (ałǰamłǰin)
աղջամղջութիւն (ałǰamłǰutʿiwn)
աղջամղջուտ (ałǰamłǰut)
աղջամուղջ (ałǰamułǰ)
աղջութիւն (ałǰutʿiwn)
անաղջամուղջ (anałǰamułǰ)

References

J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “*ałǰ-”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 37