փայլ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian փայլ (pʻayl).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

փայլ (pʻayl)

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

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • փաղ- (pʻał-), փող- (pʻoł-) (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 (pʻayl)

  1. shine, brilliance, lustre, glitter, splendour
    փայլ զփայլի տալpʻayl zpʻayli talto shine

Declension[edit]

Adjective[edit]

փայլ (pʻayl)

  1. shining, brilliant, glittering
    փայլ ի փայլpʻayl i pʻaylextremely bright, dazzling; sparklingly

Usage notes[edit]

Beside փայլ- (pʻayl-), the word has also the combining forms փաղ- (pʻał-) and փող- (pʻoł-).

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: փայլ (pʻayl)

References[edit]

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