Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The root is թող- (tʻoł-) and is same with the word թոյլ (tʻoyl, weak); the original spelling of both is թոյղ (tʻoył), of uncertain origin. The root թող- (tʻoł-) is used independently as an adverb and preposition թող (tʻoł) and in the phrases թող լիք լինել (tʻoł likʻ linel, to be abandoned, outcast), բարձ եւ թող առնել (barj ew tʻoł aṙnel, to abandon).

According to J̌ahukyan, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *telh₂-.

Verb edit

թողում (tʻołum)  (aorist indicative թողի)

  1. to let, to permit, to allow
    չթողուլčʻtʻołulto refuse, to hinder, not to allow
    թողուլ առնելtʻołul aṙnelto permit, to allow
  2. to abandon, to resign, to yield, to give up, to forsake, to cast off, to leave, to desert, to get rid of
    թողուլ ասելtʻołul aselto omit, to leave out, to pass over in silence
    սիրտ իմ եթող զիսsirt im etʻoł zismy heart failed me
    ի բաց թողցուք զայսi bacʻ tʻołcʻukʻ zayslet us leave that aside
    թողուլ առ ժամանակ միtʻołul aṙ žamanak mito suspend
  3. to deliver, to free, to pardon, to remit, to release, to acquit, to forego, to pass over, to tolerate
    թողուլ զմեղսtʻołul zmełsto pardon, to absolve, to remit; to expiate
    թողուլ զիմն ի գլուխ ուրուքtʻołul zimn i glux urukʻto let one go one's own way
    ձայն թողուլjayn tʻołulto cry out
    թողուլ զոք ի մահուանէtʻołul zokʻ i mahuanēto free from death
  4. to repudiate; to renounce
  5. (mediopassive, intransitive) to be left, abandoned

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: թողնել (tʻoġnel), թողել (tʻoġel); թողուլ (tʻoġul)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “թող”, 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) “թողում”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “թող-”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 270b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թողում”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy