Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps related to թոյլ (tʿoyl).

Adjective edit

ծոյլ (coyl)

  1. idle, lazy, slothful, sluggish

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ծույլ (cuyl)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “ծոյլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ծոյլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ծոյլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ծոյլ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik