գիւղ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. The older spelling is either գևղ (gewł) or գեղ (geł). Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to crowd together”) with a semantic shift ‘crowd’ → ‘village’ and cognate with Ancient Greek εἰλέω (eiléō, “to assemble”), ἁλία (halía, “assembly of people”); the nominative would be from Proto-Indo-European *wél-ōy, the genitive գեղջ (gełǰ) from Proto-Indo-European *wel-y-ós.
Ačaṙean explains the genitive-dative գեղջ (gełǰ) by contraction from *գևեղ (*geweł), the supposed regular genitive-dative of r-type գևղ (gewł), with the addition of the “augmentative genitive-dative marker” -ջ (-ǰ). See also ալիւր (aliwr), -ոջ (-oǰ).
Noun
գիւղ • (giwł)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | գիւղ (giwł) | գիւղք (giwłkʻ) |
| genitive | գեղջ (gełǰ) | գիւղից (giwłicʻ) |
| dative | գեղջ (gełǰ) | գիւղից (giwłicʻ) |
| accusative | գիւղ (giwł) | գիւղս (giwłs) |
| ablative | գեղջէ (gełǰē) | գիւղից (giwłicʻ) |
| instrumental | գիւղիւ (giwłiw) | գիւղիւք (giwłiwkʻ) |
| locative | գիւղի (giwłi) | գիւղս (giwłs) |
Note the unusual genitive/dative/ablative.
Plural genitive գիւղաց (giwłacʻ) and post-classically plural instrumental գիւղօք (giwłōkʻ) are also attested.
Derived terms
- անգևղ (angewł)
- անգեօղ (angeōł)
- անգիւղ (angiwł)
- աւանագեօղ (awanageōł)
- գեղաստանեայք (gełastaneaykʻ)
- գեղաքաղաք (gełakʻałakʻ)
- գեղջային (gełǰayin)
- գեղջաւագ (gełǰawag)
- գեղջեայ (gełǰeay)
- գեղջերէց (gełǰerēcʻ)
- գեղջկաբանեմ (gełǰkabanem)
- գեղջկապէս (gełǰkapēs)
- գեղջուկ (gełǰuk)
- գեղօրեք (gełōrekʻ)
- գևղեան (gewłean)
- գևղջացի (gewłǰacʻi)
- գեօղաստայք (geōłastaykʻ)
- գեօղաստեայք (geōłasteaykʻ)
- գիւղաքաղաք (giwłakʻałakʻ)
- գիւղեան (giwłean)
- լեռնագիւղ (leṙnagiwł)
- քաղաքագևղ (kʻałakʻagewł)
- քաղաքագեօղ (kʻałakʻageōł)
- քաղաքագիւղ (kʻałakʻagiwł)
Descendants
- Armenian: գյուղ (gyuġ)
- Middle Armenian:
References
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1944) “Haykakankʻ A [Armeniaca I]”, in HSSṘ GA Teġekagir hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri [Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences][1] (in Armenian), number 5, page 29 of 25–30
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 628a
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գիւղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գիւղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 217
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գիւղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy