Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Armenian գող (goł).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

գող (goġ)

  1. thief

Declension edit

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *wol-, o-grade of *wel- (to deceive), whence also գաղեմ (gałem), գաղտ (gałt); cognate with Lithuanian vi̇̀lti, Latvian vilt (to deceive), Ancient Greek οὖλος (oûlos, baneful (dream)), Middle Irish fell (treachary).[1][2] For this root see Pokorny.[3]

Noun edit

գող (goł)

  1. thief

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գող (goġ)

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 44–45
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գող”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 572–573
  3. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1140

Further reading edit

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “գող”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 567b
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գող”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 124a