ջիլ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ջիլ (ǰil)

  1. tendon, sinew
  2. vein
  3. muscle

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Derived terms

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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։
      Kangneacʻ zttun iwr ibrew znoči, ew ǰilkʻ iwr zmimeambkʻ 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 ջղացlucanil ǰłacʻto become enervated
    զջիլս հարկանել ուրուքzǰils harkanel urukʻto shock a person's nerves, to frighten, to terrify
    զջիլս հատանել ուրուքzǰils hatanel urukʻto hurt a person's nerves, to weaken, to enervate

Usage notes

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

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ջիլ (ǰil), ջիղ (ǰiġ)

References

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  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

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ջիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ջիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (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[1], Zagreb, page 9