երևիլ

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian երևիլ (erewil).

Noun

երևիլ • (erewil)

  1. wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius)
  2. rust, rubigo (disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus)
Declension

Verb

երևիլ • (erewil)

  1. Western Armenian form of երևալ (erewal)
Inflection

References

  • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “երևիլ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 582b
  • երևիլ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969, page 577b

Old Armenian

Etymology

Attested in the 5th century. Of uncertain derivation. Ačaṙyan leaves the origin of the word open.

According to J̌ahukyan, perhaps inherited from Proto-Indo-European *erebʰ- (dark reddish, brownish) + -իլ (-il). See Pokorny for this root (without the Armenian), which is found in many animal and plant names because of their color, such as German Erpel, Old Irish ibar (yew), Czech jeřáb, etc.

Noun

երևիլ • (erewil)

  1. wheat weevil (Sitophilus granarius)
  2. rust, rubigo (disease of plants caused by a reddish-brown fungus)
    Synonym: ժանգ (žang)

Descendants

  • Armenian: երևիլ (erewil)

References

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