բոյլ
Old Armenian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH-l-i-, from *bʰuH- (“to grow”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon), Russian быльё (bylʹjó).
Noun
բոյլ • (boyl)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | բոյլ (boyl) | բոյլք (boylkʻ) |
| genitive | բուլի (buli) | բուլից (bulicʻ) |
| dative | բուլի (buli) | բուլից (bulicʻ) |
| accusative | բոյլ (boyl) | բոյլս (boyls) |
| ablative | բուլէ (bulē) | բուլից (bulicʻ) |
| instrumental | բուլիւ (buliw) | բուլիւք (buliwkʻ) |
| locative | բուլի (buli) | բոյլս (boyls) |
Synonyms
- խումբ (xumb)
Derived terms
- աստուածաբոյլ (astuacaboyl)
- բազմաբոյլ (bazmaboyl)
Descendants
- → Armenian: բույլ (buyl) (learned)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բոյլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բոյլ”, 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 186