ջիլ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ջիլ (ǰil); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

ջիլ • (ǰil)

  1. tendon, sinew
  2. vein
  3. muscle

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ջիղ (ǰił), ջեղ (ǰeł)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰiHslo-, from *gʷeyH- (“sinew”). Cognates include Latin filum (“thread”), Lithuanian gýsla, Proto-Slavic *žila.

Noun

ջիլ • (ǰil)

  1. (anatomy) nerve, sinew (the ancients confused the two tissues)
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 40.17:[1]
      Կանգնեաց զտտուն իւր իբրեւ զնոճի, եւ ջիլք իւր զմիմեամբք պատեալ։
      Kangneacʿ zttun iwr ibrew znoči, ew ǰilkʿ iwr zmimeambkʿ pateal.
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        It stood up its tail like a cypress, and its sinews have been interwoven.
  2. fibre, string; whip
  3. (figuratively) nerve, sinews, force, vigour
    լուծանիլ ջղաց ― lucanil ǰłacʿ ― to become enervated
    զջիլս հարկանել ուրուք ― zǰils harkanel urukʿ ― to shock a person's nerves, to frighten, to terrify
    զջիլս հատանել ուրուք ― zǰils hatanel urukʿ ― to hurt a person's nerves, to weaken, to enervate

Usage notes

  • In Old Armenian ջիլ (ǰil) and ջիղ (ǰił) meant the same thing.
  • In Job, translates Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron).

Declension

Derived terms

  • ամոլաջիլ (amolaǰil)
  • անջիլ (anǰil)
  • արջառաջիլ (arǰaṙaǰil)
  • բնաջեղք (bnaǰełkʿ)
  • լայնաջիլ (laynaǰil)
  • մանրաջիլ (manraǰil)
  • ջլաձիգ (ǰlajig)
  • ջլապինդ (ǰlapind)
  • ջլապնդեալ (ǰlapndeal)
  • ջլատեմ (ǰlatem)
  • ջլացեալ (ǰlacʿeal)
  • ջլացուցանեմ (ǰlacʿucʿanem)
  • ջլացուցանեմ (ǰlacʿucʿanem)
  • ջլեայ (ǰleay)
  • ջլեմ (ǰlem)
  • ջլուտ (ǰlut)
  • ջղալուծ (ǰłaluc)
  • ջղակապ (ǰłakap)
  • ջղատեսակ (ǰłatesak)
  • ջղեայ (ǰłeay)
  • ջղուտ (ǰłut)
  • վարազաջեղք (varazaǰełkʿ)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ջիլ (ǰil), ջիղ (ǰił)

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 258

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ջիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ջիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ջիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎, Zagreb, page 9
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