փաթիլ
Armenian
Alternative forms
- փաթուլ (pʿatʿul) – Trabzon
- թափուլ (tʿapʿul) – Hamshen
- թաթուլ (tʿatʿul) – dialectal
Etymology
A dialectal word unattested in Middle or Old Armenian. Closely related to the synonymous Turkish patul and Pontic Greek πατούλιν (patoúlin), further possibly also to Armenian թափուլ (tʿapʿul), Georgian თაფული (tapuli, “pile of mown hay”), Laz ტაფული (ťapuli, “ball of yarn; large bundle of hay”), Turkish tapul (“bundle or pile of hay or grain”), padul (“bundle of hay”), badul (“lump”). See each for more forms. The nature of the relationship and the ultimate origin are uncertain.
The Hamshen form թափուլ (tʿapʿul) is metathesized like թեպուր (tʿepur).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [pʰɑˈtʰil]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [pʰɑˈtʰil]
Noun
փաթիլ • (pʿatʿil)
- large snowflake
- Synonym: ձյունափաթիլ (jyunapʿatʿil) (rare)
- (dialectal) tuft, flock of wool (carded or uncarded)
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | փաթիլ (pʿatʿil) | փաթիլներ (pʿatʿilner) | ||
| dative | փաթիլի (pʿatʿili) | փաթիլների (pʿatʿilneri) | ||
| ablative | փաթիլից (pʿatʿilicʿ) | փաթիլներից (pʿatʿilnericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | փաթիլով (pʿatʿilov) | փաթիլներով (pʿatʿilnerov) | ||
| locative | փաթիլում (pʿatʿilum) | փաթիլներում (pʿatʿilnerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | փաթիլը/փաթիլն (pʿatʿilə/pʿatʿiln) | փաթիլները/փաթիլներն (pʿatʿilnerə/pʿatʿilnern) | ||
| dative | փաթիլին (pʿatʿilin) | փաթիլներին (pʿatʿilnerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | փաթիլս (pʿatʿils) | փաթիլներս (pʿatʿilners) | ||
| dative | փաթիլիս (pʿatʿilis) | փաթիլներիս (pʿatʿilneris) | ||
| ablative | փաթիլիցս (pʿatʿilicʿs) | փաթիլներիցս (pʿatʿilnericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | փաթիլովս (pʿatʿilovs) | փաթիլներովս (pʿatʿilnerovs) | ||
| locative | փաթիլումս (pʿatʿilums) | փաթիլներումս (pʿatʿilnerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | փաթիլդ (pʿatʿild) | փաթիլներդ (pʿatʿilnerd) | ||
| dative | փաթիլիդ (pʿatʿilid) | փաթիլներիդ (pʿatʿilnerid) | ||
| ablative | փաթիլիցդ (pʿatʿilicʿd) | փաթիլներիցդ (pʿatʿilnericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | փաթիլովդ (pʿatʿilovd) | փաթիլներովդ (pʿatʿilnerovd) | ||
| locative | փաթիլումդ (pʿatʿilumd) | փաթիլներումդ (pʿatʿilnerumd) | ||
Derived terms
- ձյունափաթիլ (jyunapʿatʿil)
- փաթիլ-փաթիլ (pʿatʿil-pʿatʿil, “in flakes, in flocks”, adverb)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1913), “փաթիլ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žołovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
- Altunkaya, Yunus (2012) Hemşince - Hamşeŝna: Kültür, Dil, Bilgisi (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, →ISBN, page 197a
- Amatuni, Sahak (1912), “թաթուլ”, in Hayocʿ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 201a, derives from թաթ (tʿatʿ, “paw”)
- Łapʿancʿyan, Grigor (1961) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun. Hin šrǰan [History of the Armenian Language. Ancient Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 201
- Vardanyan, Sergey (2009) Kronapʿox hamšenahayeri barbaṙə, banahyusutʿyunə ew ergarvestə (nyutʿer ew usumnasirutʿyunner) [Dialect, folklore and song art of the Islamized Armenians of Hamshen (materials and studies)], Yerevan: University Press, page 288