բոյլ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewH-l-i-, from *bʰuH- (“to grow”). Cognate with Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon), Russian быльё (bylʹjó).

Noun

բոյլ • (boyl)

  1. company, body, assembly (of people, deer, stags, bulls, etc.)
    բոյլք ― boylkʻ ― Pleiades

Declension
i-type
singular plural
nominative բոյլ (boyl) բոյլք (boylkʻ)
genitive բուլի (buli) բուլից (bulicʻ)
dative բուլի (buli) բուլից (bulicʻ)
accusative բոյլ (boyl) բոյլս (boyls)
ablative բուլէ (bulē) բուլից (bulicʻ)
instrumental բուլիւ (buliw) բուլիւք (buliwkʻ)
locative բուլի (buli) բոյլս (boyls)

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • աստուածաբոյլ (astuacaboyl)
  • բազմաբոյլ (bazmaboyl)

Descendants
  • Armenian: բույլ (buyl)

References
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բոյլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բոյլ”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 186
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