Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian բիլ (bil); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

բիլ (bil) (superlative ամենաբիլ)

  1. light-blue

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰēlH-. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic бѣлъ (bělŭ). See also բալ (bal).

Adjective edit

բիլ (bil)

  1. light-blue (?)

Usage notes edit

Attested only in Stepʿannos Siwnecʿi, denoting a kind of fish. It has been shown that basic meaning of the word is ‘light-blue’, which has developed into the fish-name.

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: բիլ (bil)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “bil”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 177