յղի
Old Armenian
Etymology
From յ- (y-) + Proto-Armenian *li- (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-. For the semantics compare French pleine (“full; pregnant”), Latin im-pleō (“to fill; to make pregnant”).
Adjective
յղի • (yłi)
- pregnant
- յղի լինել ― yłi linel ― to be with a child or young
Declension
o-a-type
Derived terms
- յղանամ (yłanam)
- յղացութիւն (yłacʻutʻiwn)
- յղացումն (yłacʻumn)
- յղացուցանեմ (yłacʻucʻanem)
- յղացուցիչ (yłacʻucʻičʻ)
- յղեկիր (yłekir)
Descendants
- Armenian: հղի (hġi)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յղի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յղի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յղի”, 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 493