- մակիլ (makil), մագալ (magal)
Etymology
Uncertain.
Sometimes considered a cognate of Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (ónux) and Old Armenian եղունգն (ełungn), inherited from some derivative of Proto-Indo-European *h₃nṓgʰs through complicated sound changes and analogical influences.[1][2]
More likely a Northeast Caucasian borrowing: compare Avar малъ (malˢ), dialectal малгь (malh, “nail; claw”), plural малъал (malˢal), dialectal plural малгьил (malhil), малгьал (malhal), малал (malal), малъал (malˢal), махьял (max̂jal), Bagvalal милгьв (milhʷ), Udi мух (muχ), Chechen мӏара (mˀara), маӏар (maˀar), Bats მჵაჲრი̆ (m'ayrĭ, “nail; claw”) etc.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] Nikolayev and Starostin consider these terms to be native.[12] For other body part names possibly borrowed from Northeast Caucasian compare աք (akʻ, “leg”), աթուր (atʻur, “foot”), քիթ (kʻitʻ, “nose”), գանգ (gang, “skull”), կառափն (kaṙapʻn, “skull”).
Noun
մագիլ • (magil)
- claw, talon
- Synonyms: ճիրան (čiran), ճանկ (čank)
- երկաթի մագիլք ― erkatʻi magilkʻ ― torturing hooks
- ըմբռնել մագլօք ― əmbṙnel maglōkʻ ― to seize with the claws or talons, to clutch, to grapple, to grasp, to hook
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
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singular |
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plural |
| nominative |
մագիլ (magil) |
մագիլք (magilkʻ) |
| genitive |
մագլի (magli) |
մագլաց (maglacʻ) |
| dative |
մագլի (magli) |
մագլաց (maglacʻ) |
| accusative |
մագիլ (magil) |
մագիլս (magils) |
| ablative |
մագլէ (maglē) |
մագլաց (maglacʻ) |
| instrumental |
մագլաւ (maglaw) |
մագլաւք = մագլօք (maglawkʻ = maglōkʻ) |
| locative |
մագլի (magli) |
մագիլս (magils) |
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Derived terms
- բազմամագիլ (bazmamagil)
- երկայնամագիլ (erkaynamagil)
- լիամագիլ (liamagil)
- կորամագիլ (koramagil)
- հաստամագիլ (hastamagil)
- մագլաւոր (maglawor)
- մագլեմ (maglem)
- մագլցեմ (maglcʻem)
- մագլցտեմ (maglcʻtem)
- մաքլեմ (makʻlem)
Descendants
- Middle Armenian: մաքիլ (makʻil)
- → Armenian: մագիլ (magil) (learned)
References
Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 453 Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, pages 255, 464, 715 Bugge, Sophus (1889) “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erläuterung der armenischen Sprache”, in Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania (in German), No. 4, Christiania, page 35 Bugge, Sophus (1893) “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erläuterung der armenischen Sprache”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung (in German), volume 32, page 85 Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մագիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 219–220 Xajdakov, S. M. (1973) Сравнительно-сопоставительный словарь дагестанских языков [Comparative Dictionary of Dagestan Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 39 J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 609 Saidova, P. A. (1999) “малъ”, in Диалектологический словарь аварского языка [Dialectological dictionary of Avar] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 245b, without the Armenian
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մագիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մագիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy