Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From փայլ (pʻayl).

Verb edit

փայլեմ (pʻaylem)  (aorist indicative փայլեցի)

  1. (intransitive) to shine, to glitter, to gleam, to flash, to sparkle, to glisten, to be resplendent
    խնդութիւն փայլէ յաչս նորաxndutʻiwn pʻaylē yačʻs norajoy shines in his looks
  2. (transitive) to cause to shine, to give a lustre or brightness to, to polish, to furbish, to burnish

Conjugation edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: փայլել (pʻaylel)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փայլեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy