աղօտ

• աղաւտ (aławt)

The original spelling is աղաւտ (aławt).

According to Ačaṙyan of unknown origin.

Ałayan derives from Proto-Indo-European *sal- (“dirty grey”) +‎ -աւտ (-awt) with cognates such as Old English salu (English sallow), Welsh halog, Russian соло́вый (solóvyj), etc. Ałayan’s etymology is accepted by J̌ahukyan. See also աղտ (ałt).

աղօտ • (ałōt)

1. dim, dark, dull (of light)

   աղօտ լոյս ― ałōt loys ― darkness visible, glimmer, faint light

   ընդ աղոտ ― ənd ałot ― obscurely, darkly, indistinctly, dimly; near-sighted; hazy, obscure

   ընդ աղօտ տեսանել՝ ակնարկել ― ənd ałōt tesanel, aknarkel ― to catch a glimpse of, to see indistinctly, to blink

2. weak, feeble (of voice)

   իբրեւ աղօտ իմն շունչ յըռնգունս ունէին ― ibrew ałōt imn šunčʿ yəṙnguns unēin ― they were at the last gasp

3. (grammar) short (of vowels, syllables)
4. feeble, indistinct, small

   իբրեւ աղօտ իմն շունչ յըռնգունս ունէին ― ibrew ałōt imn šunčʿ yəṙnguns unēin ― they were at the last gasp

աղօտ • (ałōt)

1. obscurely, darkly, indistinctly, dimly

• Armenian: աղոտ (ałot)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աղօտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աղօտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “աղօտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 138b
• Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 18–19
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “աղաւտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 35