գայլ

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Armenian[edit]

գայլ

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian գայլ (gayl). The inherited form is գել (gel).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

գայլ (gayl)

  1. wolf

Declension[edit]

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

PIE word
*wáy

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *waylos (howler, wolf), which replaced the usual Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (wolf) due to taboo.[1][2][3] The traditional attempts to derive from Proto-Indo-European *wĺ̥kʷos (wolf) face great phonetic problems.

Alternative forms[edit]

Noun[edit]

գայլ (gayl)

  1. wolf
    գայլ մատակgayl matakshe-wolf
    կորիւն գայլոյkoriwn gayloywolf's cub
    ցնկնիլ գայլոյcʿnknil gayloywhelping
    ոռնալ գայլոյoṙnal gayloyhowling
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fick, August (1894) Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), 4th edition, volume II, bearbeitet von Adalbert Bezzenberger, August Fick, Whitley Stokes, Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, pages 259–260
  2. ^ 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 34
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 196

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971) “գայլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 511–513
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գայլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 431
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “գայլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2[edit]

From գայլ (gayl, wolf), a semantic loan from Ancient Greek λύκος (lúkos, wolf; bit for a horse).[1] Compare also Latin lupus (wolf; bit with jagged teeth).

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Noun[edit]

գայլ (gayl)

  1. muzzle, cover for nose and mouth, bit
    գայլ ի բերան ածել, արկանել, հարկանելgayl i beran acel, arkanel, harkanelto gag
Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “գայլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press