Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *welHu-, from *welH-.[1][2][3]

Verb edit

գելում (gelum)

  1. (transitive) to twist
  2. (transitive) to squeeze

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գելել (gelel)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  2. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  3. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 201

Further reading edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գելում”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գելում”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy