գիւղ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- գեաւղ (geawł), գեղ (geł), գեւղ (gewł), գեօղ (geōł)
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. The older spelling is either գեւղ (gewł) or գեղ (geł). Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to crowd together”) with a semantic shift ‘crowd’ → ‘village’ and cognate with Ancient Greek εἰλέω (eiléō, “to assemble”), ἁλία (halía, “assembly of people”); the nominative would be from Proto-Indo-European *wél-ōy, the genitive գեղջ (gełǰ) from Proto-Indo-European *wel-y-ós.
Ačaṙean explains the genitive-dative գեղջ (gełǰ) by contraction from *գեւեղ (*geweł), the supposed regular genitive-dative of r-type գեւղ (gewł), with the addition of the “augmentative genitive-dative marker” -ջ (-ǰ). See also ալիւր (aliwr), -ոջ (-oǰ).
Noun
գիւղ • (giwł)
- village; country
- գնալ, բնակել ի գիւղ ― gnal, bnakel i giwł ― to go to or live in the country
Declension
i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գիւղ (giwł) | գիւղք (giwłkʿ) | |
| genitive | գեղջ (gełǰ) | գիւղից (giwłicʿ) | |
| dative | գեղջ (gełǰ) | գիւղից (giwłicʿ) | |
| accusative | գիւղ (giwł) | գիւղս (giwłs) | |
| ablative | գեղջէ (gełǰē) | գիւղից (giwłicʿ) | |
| instrumental | գիւղիւ (giwłiw) | գիւղիւք (giwłiwkʿ) | |
| locative | գիւղի (giwłi) | գիւղս (giwłs) | |
| Note the unusual genitive/dative/ablative. Plural genitive գիւղաց (giwłacʿ) and post-classically plural instrumental գիւղօք (giwłōkʿ) are also attested. | |||
Derived terms
- անգեւղ (angewł)
- անգեօղ (angeōł)
- անգիւղ (angiwł)
- աւանագեօղ (awanageōł)
- գեղաստանեայք (gełastaneaykʿ)
- գեղաքաղաք (gełakʿałakʿ)
- գեղջային (gełǰayin)
- գեղջաւագ (gełǰawag)
- գեղջեայ (gełǰeay)
- գեղջերէց (gełǰerēcʿ)
- գեղջկաբանեմ (gełǰkabanem)
- գեղջկապէս (gełǰkapēs)
- գեղջուկ (gełǰuk)
- գեղօրեք (gełōrekʿ)
- գեւղեան (gewłean)
- գեւղջացի (gewłǰacʿi)
- գեօղաստայք (geōłastaykʿ)
- գեօղաստեայք (geōłasteaykʿ)
- գիւղաքաղաք (giwłakʿałakʿ)
- գիւղեան (giwłean)
- լեռնագիւղ (leṙnagiwł)
- քաղաքագեւղ (kʿałakʿagewł)
- քաղաքագեօղ (kʿałakʿageōł)
- քաղաքագիւղ (kʿałakʿagiwł)
Descendants
- Armenian: գյուղ (gyuł)
References
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1944), “Haykakankʿ A [Armeniaca I]”, in HSSṘ GA Tełekagir hasarakakan gitutʿyunneri [Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences] (in Armenian), issue 5, page 29 of 25–30
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “Haykakankʿ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 628a
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գիւղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գիւղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 217
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գիւղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy