# աղտ
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Old Armenian աղտ (ałt).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /ɑχt/, [ɑχt]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ɑʁd/, [ɑʁd]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)
* Homophone: ախտ (axt)

### Noun

աղտ • (aġt)
* dirt, filth, uncleanliness

#### Alternative forms

* եղտ (eġt) — dialectal

## Old Armenian
### Etymology 1

The origin is uncertain.
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *Hl̥-d- and cognate with Old Norse úldna (“to decay, rot”), Old High German oltar and Latin alga.
Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *sal- (“dirty, grey”) with cognates in Old Irish sal (“dirt, filth”), Old High German salo (“dirty”). See also աղօտ (ałōt).
Ačaṙean derives from Proto-Indo-European *ard-, with Ancient Greek ἄρδα (árda, “dirt”) as the only cognate. For the irregular sound change (*արտ (*art) is expected) he points to նեղ (neł), which has been compared to Old English nearu.
There is an alternative form աղծ- (ałc-) found in compounds.

#### Noun

աղտ • (ałt)
* dirt, filth, uncleanliness (also of soul)
* afterbirth

##### Derived terms

* աղծապիղծ (ałcapiłc)
* աղծապղծութիւն (ałcapłcutʻiwn)
* աղծեմ (ałcem)
* աղծութիւն (ałcutʻiwn)
* աղտախինք (ałtaxinkʻ)
* աղտահանք (ałtahankʻ)
* աղտանամ (ałtanam)
* աղտեալ (ałteal)
* աղտեղաբանութիւն (ałtełabanutʻiwn)
* աղտեղագոյն (ałtełagoyn)
* աղտեղագործ (ałtełagorc)
* աղտեղագործութիւն (ałtełagorcutʻiwn)
* աղտեղածուփ (ałtełacupʻ)
* աղտեղահանդերձ (ałtełahanderj)
* աղտեղանամ (ałtełanam)
* աղտեղասէր (ałtełasēr)
* աղտեղացուցանեմ (ałtełacʻucʻanem)
* աղտեղացուցիչ (ałtełacʻucʻičʻ)
* աղտեղեմ (ałtełem)
* աղտեղի (ałtełi)
* աղտեղութիւն (ałtełutʻiwn)
* անաղտ (anałt)
* անաղտական (anałtakan)
* անաղտեղի (anałtełi)
* անաղտութիւն (anałtutʻiwn)

##### Descendants

* Armenian: աղտ (aġt)

#### References

* ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

#### Further reading

* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աղտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫt”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 39f

### Etymology 2

The basic meaning is “salt deposits, salt mines, salty place”, inherited from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂ld-, enlarged from *seh₂l- (“salt”). The closest cognate is Proto-Germanic *saltą.
There is an alternative form աղծ- (ałc-) found in աղծեալ (ałceal).

#### Noun

աղտ • (ałt)
* salt
    ծով աղտից ― cov ałticʻ ― salt-marsh
* salt mine

##### Usage notes

Attested only in the plural.

##### Derived terms

* աղտաղտ (ałtałt)
* աղտաղտին (ałtałtin)
* աղտաղտուկ (ałtałtuk)

##### Descendants

* → Old Georgian: ალდატი (aldaṭi)
** Georgian: ალდატი (aldaṭi), აღდაჭი (aɣdač̣i)

#### References

* Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 34
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աղտ”, 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) “աղտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “aɫt”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 40f
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աղտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy