գայլ

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Armenian[edit]

գայլ (gayl)

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian գայլ (gayl); see below.

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Noun[edit]

գայլ  (gayl)

  1. wolf

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *wai-lo-. Cognate with Old Irish fáel, from Proto-Celtic *way-lo-. The Armenian and Celtic words are usually explained as ‘the howler’ and derived from Proto-Indo-European *wai-; compare Old Armenian վայ, Middle Irish fae (alas). Replaced the usual Proto-Indo-European word for “wolf” *wĺ̥kʷos due to taboo.

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Noun[edit]

գայլ  (gayl)  

  1. wolf
    գայլ մատակ (gayl matak) — she-wolf
    կորիւն գայլոյ (koriwn gayloy) — wolf's cub
    ցնկնիլ գայլոյ (cʿnknil gayloy) — whelping
    ոռնալ գայլոյ (oṙnal gayloy) — howling
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Etymology 2[edit]

From the above sense of “wolf” on the model of Ancient Greek λύκος (lukos), meaning both “wolf” and “bit for a horse”. Compare also Latin lupus (wolf; bit with jagged teeth).

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Noun[edit]

գայլ  (gayl)  (singular genitive գայլի)

  1. muzzle, cover for nose and mouth, bit
    գայլ ի բերան ածել, արկանել, հարկանել (gayl i beran acel, arkanel, harkanel) — to gag
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References[edit]

  • գայլ in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • գայլ in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • գայլ in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79
  • Hrach Martirosyan (2009), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Brill Academic Publishers), page 196