բիլ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian բիլ (bil); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Adjective

բիլ (bil) (superlative ամենաբիլ)

  1. light-blue

Declension

nominalized, i-type (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative բիլ (bil) բիլեր (biler)
dative բիլի (bili) բիլերի (bileri)
ablative բիլից (bilicʻ) բիլերից (bilericʻ)
instrumental բիլով (bilov) բիլերով (bilerov)
locative բիլում (bilum) բիլերում (bilerum)
definite forms
nominative բիլը/բիլն (bilə/biln) բիլերը/բիլերն (bilerə/bilern)
dative բիլին (bilin) բիլերին (bilerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative բիլս (bils) բիլերս (bilers)
dative բիլիս (bilis) բիլերիս (bileris)
ablative բիլիցս (bilicʻs) բիլերիցս (bilericʻs)
instrumental բիլովս (bilovs) բիլերովս (bilerovs)
locative բիլումս (bilums) բիլերումս (bilerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative բիլդ (bild) բիլերդ (bilerd)
dative բիլիդ (bilid) բիլերիդ (bilerid)
ablative բիլիցդ (bilicʻd) բիլերիցդ (bilericʻd)
instrumental բիլովդ (bilovd) բիլերովդ (bilerovd)
locative բիլումդ (bilumd) բիլերումդ (bilerumd)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰēlH-. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic бѣлъ (bělŭ). See also բալ (bal).

Adjective

բիլ (bil)

  1. light-blue (?)

Usage notes

Attested only in Stepʿannos Siwnecʿi, denoting a kind of fish. It has been shown that basic meaning of the word is ‘light-blue’, which has developed into the fish-name.

Descendants

  • Armenian: բիլ (bil)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բիլ”, 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) “bil”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 177