շիւղ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- շիղ (šił), շեղ (šeł)
Etymology
The origin is uncertain.
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ḱweh₁-tlo- and cognate with Sanskrit शूल (śū́la) or श्वात्र (śvātrá).[1][2]
Noun
շիւղ • (šiwł)
- twig, small piece of wood, mote
- 5th century, Bible, Matthew 7.3:[3]
- Զի՞ տեսանես զշիղ (var. զշիւղդ) յական եղբօր քոյ, և ՚ի քում ական զգերանդ ո՛չ նշմարես։
- Zi? tesanes zšił (var. zšiwłd) yakan ełbōr kʿoy, ew ’i kʿum akan zgerand óčʿ nšmares.
- And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye.
- Զի՞ տեսանես զշիղ (var. զշիւղդ) յական եղբօր քոյ, և ՚ի քում ական զգերանդ ո՛չ նշմարես։
Declension
o-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | շիւղ (šiwł) | շիւղք (šiwłkʿ) | |
| genitive | շիւղոյ (šiwłoy) | շիւղոց (šiwłocʿ) | |
| dative | շիւղոյ (šiwłoy) | շիւղոց (šiwłocʿ) | |
| accusative | շիւղ (šiwł) | շիւղս (šiwłs) | |
| ablative | շիւղոյ (šiwłoy) | շիւղոց (šiwłocʿ) | |
| instrumental | շիւղով (šiwłov) | շիւղովք (šiwłovkʿ) | |
| locative | շիւղ (šiwł) | շիւղս (šiwłs) |
Derived terms
- շիղաբեր (šiłaber)
- շիւղադէտ (šiwładēt)
- շիւղահան (šiwłahan)
- շղաբեր (šłaber)
- շղաբերեմ (šłaberem)
- շղագոյն (šłagoyn)
Descendants
- Armenian: շյուղ (šyuł)
References
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 200, 846
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1988) The Proto-Indo-European Instrument Noun Suffix *-tlom and its Variants (Historisk-filosofiske Meddelelser; 55), Copenhagen: Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, →ISBN, page 36
- Zōhrapean, Yovhannēs, editor (1805) Astuacašunčʿ matean Hin ew Nor Ktakaranacʿ [Bible: Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments], volume IV, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 16
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “շիղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 517b
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “շիղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “շիղ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 587b
- Kortlandt, Frederik (2003) Armeniaca: comparative notes, with an appendix on the historical phonology of Classical Armenian by Robert S. P. Beekes, Ann Arbor: Caravan Books, page 205
- Pedersen, Holger (1906), “Armenisch und die Nachbarsprachen”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 39, issue 3, page 402, connecting with Ancient Greek χιλός (khilós)
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “շիղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy