Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian փայլ (pʻayl).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

փայլ (pʻayl)

  1. glitter, lustre, brilliance; shine; radiance
    արևի փայլըarewi pʻayləthe brilliance of sun
  2. (figuratively) magnificence, gorgeousness; lustre

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • փաղ- (pʻał-), փող- (pʻoł-) (in compounds)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)pʰel- (to shine). Cognates include Sanskrit स्फुलिङ्ग (sphul-iṅga, spark of fire), फल्गु (phalgú, red, reddish), Latvian spulgot (to shine), German flinkern (to shine), Latin splendeo (shine), etc.

Noun edit

փայլ (pʻayl)

  1. shine, brilliance, lustre, glitter, splendour
    փայլ զփայլի տալpʻayl zpʻayli talto shine

Declension edit

Adjective edit

փայլ (pʻayl)

  1. shining, brilliant, glittering
    փայլ ի փայլpʻayl i pʻaylextremely bright, dazzling; sparklingly

Usage notes edit

Beside փայլ- (pʻayl-), the word has also the combining forms փաղ- (pʻał-) and փող- (pʻoł-).

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: փայլ (pʻayl)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փայլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “փայլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press