ել

See also: -ել and Appendix:Variations of "el"

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ել (el); see it for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): [jɛl]
  • (file)

Noun

ել (el)

  1. (rare) Alternative form of ելք (elkʿ)
  2. (dialectal) ascension, the act of going up

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From the root of ելանեմ (elanem).

Noun

ել (el)

  1. egress, departure; advancement, course; issue; exit
    ելք ի կենաց, յաշխարհէelkʿ i kenacʿ, yašxarhēdecease, death
    Գիրք ելիցGirkʿ elicʿExodus
    ելք հնարիցelkʿ hnaricʿmeans, expedient
    զելս իրաց գտանել, իմանալ, հնարել, խորհել, յարդարելzels iracʿ gtanel, imanal, hnarel, xorhel, yardarelto devise, to find means, to remedy
    ելք ճանապարհիelkʿ čanaparhithe turning of the street
    ելս ի մտի դնելels i mti dnelto bethink oneself, to reflect, to exercise one's ingenuity, to find a means
    եկաց նա զհազար ամաց ելսekacʿ na zhazar amacʿ elshe lived a thousand years
    առ ելիւք սահմանաց նոցաaṙ eliwkʿ sahmanacʿ nocʿaat their bounds, limits, confines
    ելի աղագeli ałagmeans, expedient
    ելի աղագս գտանելeli ałags gtanelto devise, to find means, to remedy
    ոչ էր նոցա ոչ ել եւ ոչ մուտočʿ ēr nocʿa očʿ el ew očʿ mutthey could not neither get out nor in
    ոչ գիտեմ զել եւ զմուտ իմočʿ gitem zel ew zmut imI do not know how to act
  2. elevation, ascension; act of going up
    ուղիղ ելքułił elkʿright ascension
  3. end, ending; outcome
    ելք ձախողակelkʿ jaxołakdisaster
    ելք յաջողակelkʿ yaǰołaksuccess
    յելս գարնայնոյyels garnaynoytowards the end of spring
  4. sunrise
    ելս արեւու, առաւօտուels arewu, aṙawōtuat sun-rise, at day-break, at dawn
    յարեւմտից ի յելս արեւուyarewmticʿ i yels arewufrom west to east
  5. the east
    յելից մինչեւ ի մուտսyelicʿ minčʿew i mutsfrom east to west
  6. gushing out
  7. excrement
    յելս պիտոյիցնyels pitoyicʿnhe is in the privy
  8. disbursement, current expenses
  9. arse, ass
  10. (anatomy) pore
Declension
Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

ել (el)

  1. (rare) infinitive of եմ (em)
Declension

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ել”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ել”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ել”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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