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found in his 1987: 296, where J�ahukyan, with reservation, treats aɫi-k` as borrowed
from Finno-Ugric *solii�a�, cf. Finnish suoli, Mari �olo `intestine'.
I alternatively suggest a comparison with Slav. *jelito `Weichen, Darm, Hoden',
cf. Pol. jelito `Darm', dial. `Wurst', Pl. `Eingeweide', C�akavian (a SCr. dialect) oli�to
`intestine', etc. The Slavic points to *jelito or *h1elito- (R. Derksen, p.c.). The
Armenian form can be derived from *h1oliteh2- (or *ioliteh2-).
aaaaɫkaɫk ɫkaɫk, ɫkaɫk ɫkaɫk a-stem: GDPl aɫkaɫk-a-c` (Grigor Astuacaban, Grigor Narekac`i) `indigent, poor,
miserable'.
Grigor Astuacaban, John Chrysostom, Xosrov Anjewac`i, etc.; aɫkaɫk-ut`iwn in
Philo, etc.
����ETYM ETYM Connected with Lith. elgeta�uti `to beg', OHG ilgi `famine', Gr. ������ n.
`pain, grief', etc. [Lide�n 1906: 99-100; HAB 1: 132b; J�ahukyan 1987: 122]. For the
problems see Beekes 2003: 188. According to Tumanjan (1978: 204), related with
aɫk`at `pauper, beggar' (q.v.); see also Greppin 1983: 271, 274. Uncertain.
*aɫj� *a *a *aɫj�
ɫj�---- ɫj� `darkness, fog, twilight': aaaaɫj� ɫj� ɫj�----ut`iwn ɫj� ut`iwn----k` ut`iwn ut`iwn k` k` k` `darkness', only in Grigor Narekac`i 6.4
(beg. of the 11th cent.), in an enumeration, followed by amprop-k` `thunder'
[Xa‰`atryan/�azinyan 1985: 269 L84 ]; translated as `затмение'
[Darbinjan-Melikjan/Xanlarjan 1988: 47] and `eclipse' [Khachatoorian 2001: 37];
aaaaɫj� ɫj� ɫj�----aaaaɫj� ɫj� ɫj� ɫj� ɫj� `fog' (AblSg y-aɫj�aɫj�-e� in Gregory of Nyssa; according to HAB, GDSg -i),
`dark, badly organized (church)' (Smbat Sparapet, 13th cent., Cilicia); aaaaɫj� ɫj� ɫj�----aaaa----mu ɫj� mu muɫj� muɫj�,
ɫj� ɫj�
i-stem or a-stem: GDSg aɫj�amɫj�-i (Bible, Anania S�irakac`i), ISg aɫj�amɫj�-i-w (Yovhan
Mandakuni [2003: 1161a L14 ], Philo, Ephrem, Sargis S�norhali), aɫj�amɫj�-a-w (Grigor
Astuacaban Nazianzac`i, Sargis S�norhali Vardapet); also some derivatives, e.g.
aɫj�amɫj�-in `dark' in Yovhan Mandakuni [2003: 1165a L-3 ]: tartarosk`n aɫj�amɫj�ink` li
xawaraw. For -in cf. mt`-in from mut`(n) `dark'.
Bible+.
In Joshua 2.5: ənd aɫj�amuɫj�s ar�awo�tin : ��� ��~ �������. In Job 10.22: yerkir
aɫj�amɫj�in yawitenakan : ���� ��~� �������� ���������. In 2 Peter 2.17: oroc` aɫj�amuɫj�k`
xawari(n) yawitean paheal kan : ��~� �� ������ ���~ �������� ���������� : "for them
the nether gloom of darkness has been reserved". As we can see, in biblical passages
aɫj�amuɫj� mostly corresponds to Gr. ������� `darkness, gloom (of death, the nether
world, etc.)', and once (as also in Philo) to ������ `nether darkness; gloom, darkness;
the West'.
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