աւել

See also: աւել-

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰel-. Cognate with Ancient Greek ὀφέλλω (ophéllō, “to sweep”), ὄφελμα (óphelma, “broom”).[1][2][3]

Noun

աւել • (awel) indeclinable

  1. broom; hair or feather broom
    աւել ածել ― awel acel ― to sweep; to brush; to dust
  2. brush; coat brush

Derived terms
  • աւելած (awelac)
  • աւելածու (awelacu)
  • աւելեմ (awelem)
  • աւելուկ (aweluk)
  • աւելում (awelum)
  • աւելուք (awelukʻ)
  • աւիլեմ (awilem)

Descendants

References
  1. Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 40–41
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “աւել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2003) “Historical phonology of Classical Armenian”, in Frederik Kortlandt, Armeniaca: comparative notes, Ann Arbor: Caravan Books, page 186 of 133–211

Further reading
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւել”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աւել”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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