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ամուլ

ամուլ

Armenian

Adjective

ամուլ (amul)

  1. sterile, barren, unable to produce offspring
  2. (of land, figuratively) barren, not fertile
  3. (figuratively) fruitless, vain, futile, unsuccessful

Declension

Synonyms

  • (sterile): չբեր (čʿber), ստերջ (sterǰ)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From ան- (an-) + Proto-Armenian *fōl- (kid, child), which is cognate with ուլ (ul) and Ancient Greek πῶλος (pôlos).

Adjective

ամուլ (amul)

  1. sterile, childless
  2. barren

Declension

Derived terms

  • ամլածին (amlacin)
  • ամլածնութիւն (amlacnutʿiwn)
  • ամլական (amlakan)
  • ամլանամ (amlanam)
  • ամլորդի (amlordi)
  • ամլութիւն (amlutʿiwn)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ամուլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ամուլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ամուլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “amul”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 53
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 76