երևիլ

(Redirected from երեւիլ)

Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian երևիլ (erewil).

Noun edit

երևիլ (erewil)

  1. wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius)
  2. rust, rubigo (disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus)
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

Verb edit

երևիլ (erewil)

  1. Western Armenian form of երևալ (erewal)
Inflection edit

References edit

  • Malxaseancʿ, Stepʿan (1944), “երևիլ”, in Hayerēn bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 582b
  • երևիլ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969, page 577b

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Attested in the 5th century. Of uncertain derivation. Ačaṙyan leaves the origin of the word open.

According to J̌ahukyan, perhaps inherited from Proto-Indo-European *erebʰ- (dark reddish, brownish) +‎ -իլ (-il). See Pokorny for this root (without the Armenian), which is found in many animal and plant names because of their color, such as German Erpel, Old Irish ibar (yew), Czech jeřáb, etc.

Noun edit

երևիլ (erewil)

  1. wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius)
  2. rust, rubigo (disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus)
    Synonym: ժանգ (žang)

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: երևիլ (erewil)

References edit