խոյլ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• խոլ (xol)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂ewl- and cognate with Ancient Greek κήλη (kḗlē, “tumour; rupture, hernia”), Proto-Germanic *haulaz (“breach, crack; rupture, hernia”), Proto-Slavic *kỳla (“outgrowth, hernia”). Alternatively, related to Russian шуло́ (šuló, “testicle”).

Noun

խոյլ • (xoyl)

1. swelling, tumour, gland
2. spot, stain, blot
3. swelling of the lymphatic glands, scrofulous gland

Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	խոյլ (xoyl)		խոյլք (xoylkʻ)
genitive	խուլի (xuli)		խուլից (xulicʻ)
dative	խուլի (xuli)		խուլից (xulicʻ)
accusative	խոյլ (xoyl)		խոյլս (xoyls)
ablative	խուլէ (xulē)		խուլից (xulicʻ)
instrumental	խուլիւ (xuliw)		խուլիւք (xuliwkʻ)
locative	խուլի (xuli)		խոյլս (xoyls)

Derived terms

• խոլային (xolayin)
• խոլխեցգետի (xolxecʻgeti)
• խոլորձ (xolorj)

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: խուլ (xul)
• Armenian: խուլ (xul), խույլ (xuyl)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խոյլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խոյլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 330–331
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խոյլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy