շաւիղ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Classical Syriac ܫܒܝܠܐ (šəbīlā).

Noun

շաւիղ (šawił)

  1. road, track, path, way
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 22.15:[1]
      Մի զշաւիղն յաւիտենական պահեսցես, զոր կոխեցին արք արդարք
      Mi zšawiłn yawitenakan pahescʻes, zor koxecʻin arkʻ ardarkʻ
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        You will not keep the ageless way that just men trod
  2. trace

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: շավիղ (šaviġ) (learned)

References

  1. ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 161

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “շաւիղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 506a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “շաւիղ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 313
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շաւիղ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy