Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian փայլ (pʿayl).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

փայլ (pʿayl)

  1. glitter, lustre, brilliance; shine; radiance
    արևի փայլըarewi pʿayləthe brilliance of sun
  2. (figuratively) magnificence, gorgeousness; lustre

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • փաղ- (pʿał-), փող- (pʿoł-) (in compounds)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)pʰel- (to shine). Cognates include Sanskrit स्फुलिङ्ग (sphul-iṅga, spark of fire), फल्गु (phalgú, red, reddish), Latvian spulgot (to shine), German flinkern (to shine), Latin splendeo (shine), etc.

Noun edit

փայլ (pʿayl)

  1. shine, brilliance, lustre, glitter, splendour
    փայլ զփայլի տալpʿayl zpʿayli talto shine

Declension edit

Adjective edit

փայլ (pʿayl)

  1. shining, brilliant, glittering
    փայլ ի փայլpʿayl i pʿaylextremely bright, dazzling; sparklingly

Usage notes edit

Beside փայլ- (pʿayl-), the word has also the combining forms փաղ- (pʿał-) and փող- (pʿoł-).

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: փայլ (pʿayl)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “փայլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “փայլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press