կող

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian կող (koł).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

կող (koġ)

  1. rib
  2. side, flank

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *gol- and cognate with Tocharian A kälyme, Tocharian B kälymiye (direction). Alternatively, of the same origin as կողր (kołr).

Noun[edit]

կող (koł)

  1. rib
    ի կող լինելi koł linelto stretch or lay oneself down, to lie down, to go to bed
  2. side (of a mountain, etc.)
    ընդ կողացənd kołacʻaside, awry, sidelong
    զառ ի կող, առ ի կողzaṙ i koł, aṙ i kołinclining, that bends, that goes stooping
    կողք գրեանցkołkʻ greancʻcover or binding of a book
    անդէն ի կողիandēn i kołidirectly, at once, forthwith
  3. (figuratively) spouse

Usage notes[edit]

In some compounds the word has the combining form կողին- (kołin-), which is the genitive of *կողն (*kołn), an alternative form of կող (koł).

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: կող (koġ), կողք (koġkʻ)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կող”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կող”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 368