բոյլ
Old Armenian
Etymology
Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH-l-i-, from *bʰuH- (“to grow”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon), Russian быльё (bylʹjó).
Noun
բոյլ • (boyl)
- company, body, assembly (of people, deer, stags, bulls, etc.)
- բոյլք ― boylkʿ ― Pleiades
Declension
i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բոյլ (boyl) | բոյլք (boylkʿ) | |
| genitive | բուլի (buli) | բուլից (bulicʿ) | |
| dative | բուլի (buli) | բուլից (bulicʿ) | |
| accusative | բոյլ (boyl) | բոյլս (boyls) | |
| ablative | բուլէ (bulē) | բուլից (bulicʿ) | |
| instrumental | բուլիւ (buliw) | բուլիւք (buliwkʿ) | |
| locative | բուլի (buli) | բոյլս (boyls) |
Synonyms
- խումբ (xumb)
Derived terms
- աստուածաբոյլ (astuacaboyl)
- բազմաբոյլ (bazmaboyl)
Descendants
- Armenian: բույլ (buyl)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բոյլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բոյլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 186