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Old Armenian
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
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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գիւղ (giwł)
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գիւղք (giwłkʻ)
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| genitive
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գեղջ (gełǰ)
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գիւղից (giwłicʻ)
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| dative
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գեղջ (gełǰ)
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գիւղից (giwłicʻ)
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| accusative
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գիւղ (giwł)
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գիւղս (giwłs)
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| ablative
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գեղջէ (gełǰē)
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գիւղից (giwłicʻ)
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| instrumental
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գիւղիւ (giwłiw)
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գիւղիւք (giwłiwkʻ)
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| locative
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գիւղի (giwłi)
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գիւղս (giwłs)
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Note the unusual genitive/dative/ablative.
Plural genitive գիւղաց (giwłacʻ) and post-classically plural instrumental գիւղօք (giwłōkʻ) are also attested.
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References
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1944) “Haykakankʻ A”, in HSSṘ GA Teġekagir hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri (in Armenian), number 5, page 29 of 25–30
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 628a
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գիւղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գիւղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui (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 and Boston: Brill, page 217
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գիւղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy