յղի

Old Armenian

Etymology

From յ- (y-) +‎ Proto-Armenian *li- (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-. For the semantics compare French pleine (“full; pregnant”), Latin im-pleō (“to fill; to make pregnant”).

Adjective

յղի • (yłi)

1. pregnant

   յղի լինել ― yłi linel ― to be with a child or young

Declension

o-a-type

	singular		plural
nominative	յղի (yłi)		յղիք (yłikʻ)
genitive	յղւոյ (yłwoy)		յղեաց (yłeacʻ)
dative	յղւոյ (yłwoy)		յղեաց (yłeacʻ)
accusative	յղի (yłi)		յղիս (yłis)
ablative	յղւոյ (yłwoy)		յղեաց (yłeacʻ)
instrumental	յղեաւ (yłeaw)		յղեաւք = յղեօք (yłeawkʻ = yłeōkʻ)
locative	յղի (yłi)		յղիս (yłis)

Derived terms

• յղանամ (yłanam)
• յղացութիւն (yłacʻutʻiwn)
• յղացումն (yłacʻumn)
• յղացուցանեմ (yłacʻucʻanem)
• յղացուցիչ (yłacʻucʻičʻ)
• յղեկիր (yłekir)
• յղենամ (yłenam)
• յղութիւն (yłutʻiwn)
• յղումն (yłumn)

Descendants

• Armenian: հղի (hġi)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յղի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յղի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յղի”, 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 493