փայծաղն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • փայծեղն (pʿaycełn)
  • փայձաղն (pʿayjałn)

Etymology

From earlier *փայղծան (*pʿayłcan), from Proto-Indo-European *sploiǵh₂ḗn. Cognate with Ancient Greek σπλήν (splḗn) (whence English spleen), Latin liēn, Sanskrit प्लिहन् (plihan), Avestan 𐬯𐬞𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬀𐬥 (spərəzan), Lithuanian blužnìs, Old Church Slavonic слѣзена (slězena) (Russian селезёнка (selezjónka)).

Noun

փայծաղն (pʿaycałn)

  1. (anatomy) spleen

Declension

Derived terms

  • փայծաղնացաւ (pʿaycałnacʿaw)
  • փայծաղոտ (pʿaycałot)

Descendants

References

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