Armenian edit

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Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian շողիք (šoġikʻ), շողինք (šoġinkʻ), from Old Armenian շողիք (šołikʻ).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

շողիք (šoġikʻ)

  1. drool, drivel, saliva trickling from the mouth
    Synonym: լորձունք (lorjunkʻ)

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From *շող (*šoł, slime, mucus) +‎ -իք (-ikʻ). The root *շող (*šoł), of uncertain origin, is also found in dialectal շողուկ (šoġuk), շողոտ (šoġot), and is usually connected with շաղ (šał), շաղեմ (šałem), շաղախ (šałax).

Perhaps a Zan borrowing: compare the Laz and Mingrelian descendants of Proto-Georgian-Zan *s₁owl- (to wet, make wet).[1]

Noun edit

շողիք (šołikʻpl

  1. drool, drivel, saliva trickling from the mouth
    • 5th century, John Chrysostom, Commentary on Epistles of Paul 9.9:
      ի բերանոյն հոսեն շողիք․ և երանի թէ շողիս, և ոչ այլ ինչ անպատեհս
      i beranoyn hosen šołikʻ; ew erani tʻē šołis, ew očʻ ayl inčʻ anpatehs

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Klimov, G. A. (1998) Etymological Dictionary of the Kartvelian Languages (Trends in linguistics. Documentation; 16), New York, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, page 182

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 529b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շողիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Lidén, Evald (1913) “Bidrag till armenisk ljud- och ordhistorian”, in Förhandlingar vid Svenska Filolog- och Historikermötet i Göteborg den 19–21 Augusti 1912[1] (in Swedish), Göteborg: Wald. Zachrissons, page 110 of 110–112, connecting with Old English hwelian, Lithuanian švelnùs as a native word
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շողիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy