կեղծ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կեղծ (kełc).

Pronunciation

Adjective

կեղծ • (keġc) (superlative ամենակեղծ)

  1. false, sham, fake
  2. artificial
  3. counterfeit, fake
  4. spurious
  5. insincere, deceitful

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. The original meaning is “form”.

Adjective

կեղծ • (kełc)

  1. feigned, dissembled, false, counterfeit, sham, fictitious, artificial, factitious; affected, prim, finical
    կեղծս ի կեղծսkełcs i kełcsof an affected manner, under a false aspect, under a feigned or counterfeit appearance
    կեղծս ի կեղծսս լինելkełcs i kełcss linelto appear under various forms, spectres or phantasms

Usage notes

Classically not used independently (outside of its compounds).

Derived terms

  • անկեղծ (ankełc)
  • անկեղծական (ankełcakan)
  • անկեղծաւոր (ankełcawor)
  • անկեղծաւորութիւն (ankełcaworutʻiwn)
  • անկեղծիկ (ankełcik)
  • անկեղծութիւն (ankełcutʻiwn)
  • կեղծաբերեմ (kełcaberem)
  • կեղծադէմ (kełcadēm)
  • կեղծաւոր (kełcawor)
  • կեղծաւորաբար (kełcaworabar)
  • կեղծաւորական (kełcaworakan)
  • կեղծաւորակից (kełcaworakicʻ)
  • կեղծաւորեմ (kełcaworem)
  • կեղծաւորիմ (kełcaworim)
  • կեղծաւորութիւն (kełcaworutʻiwn)
  • կեղծիք (kełcikʻ)
  • կեղծութիւն (kełcutʻiwn)
  • տկեղծ (tkełc)

Descendants

  • Armenian: կեղծ (keġc) (learned)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կեղծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կեղծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 960
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կեղծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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