յոլով

According to Martirosyan, form յ- (y-) +‎ Proto-Armenian *(p)oləw, from Proto-Indo-European *polh₁u-s. Cognate with Ancient Greek πολύς (polús), Sanskrit पुरु (purú). See also ալաւունք (alawunkʿ).

յոլով • (yolov)

1. much, plenty, numerous

   յոլովք ― yolovkʿ ― many people

   մինչեւ յոլովից մկրտել յանհաւատից ― minčʿew yolovicʿ mkrtel yanhawaticʿ ― so that many of the unbelievers were baptized

   յոլովք ի մարդկանէ ― yolovkʿ i mardkanē ― most men, most people, the generality of mankind

   յոլով անգամ ― yolov angam ― many a time, often

   յոլով ուստեք ― yolov ustekʿ ― from many places

   յոլով ուրեք ― yolov urekʿ ― in many places

յոլով • (yolov)

1. much, many; often

• Armenian: հոլով (holov)
• Middle Armenian: ոլով (olov)
  • Armenian: օլով (ōlov)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “յոլով”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “յոլով”, 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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