ծիլ

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Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian ծիլ (cil).

Pronunciation

Noun

ծիլ (cil)

  1. sprout, bud
  2. (figuratively) first stages, germ

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative ծիլ (cil) ծիլեր (ciler)
dative ծիլի (cili) ծիլերի (cileri)
ablative ծիլից (cilicʻ) ծիլերից (cilericʻ)
instrumental ծիլով (cilov) ծիլերով (cilerov)
locative ծիլում (cilum) ծիլերում (cilerum)
definite forms
nominative ծիլը/ծիլն (cilə/ciln) ծիլերը/ծիլերն (cilerə/cilern)
dative ծիլին (cilin) ծիլերին (cilerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ծիլս (cils) ծիլերս (cilers)
dative ծիլիս (cilis) ծիլերիս (cileris)
ablative ծիլիցս (cilicʻs) ծիլերիցս (cilericʻs)
instrumental ծիլովս (cilovs) ծիլերովս (cilerovs)
locative ծիլումս (cilums) ծիլերումս (cilerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ծիլդ (cild) ծիլերդ (cilerd)
dative ծիլիդ (cilid) ծիլերիդ (cilerid)
ablative ծիլիցդ (cilicʻd) ծիլերիցդ (cilericʻd)
instrumental ծիլովդ (cilovd) ծիլերովդ (cilerovd)
locative ծիլումդ (cilumd) ծիլերումդ (cilerumd)

Descendants

  • Northern Kurdish: zîl
  • Turkish: çil, cil, zil
  • Zazaki: zîl

References

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps a Georgian-Zan borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Kartvelian *c̣wel-, whence Georgian წველი (c̣veli).

Noun

ծիլ (cil)

  1. sprout, bud, haulm
    ծիլ արձակելcil arjakelto bud, to put forth buds, to shoot, to sprout, to germinate

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ծիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (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) “ծիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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 and Boston: Brill, page 341
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ծիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy