Armenian

Adjective

բիլ • ‎(bil) ‎(superlative ամենաբիլ)

1. light-blue

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *bʰēlH-. Cognate with Old Church Slavonic бѣлъ ‎(bělŭ). See also բալ ‎(bal).

Adjective

բիլ • ‎(bil)

1. light-blue (?)

Usage notes

Attested only in Stepʿannos Siwnecʿi, denoting a kind of fish. It has been shown that basic meaning of the word is ‘light-blue’, which has developed into the fish-name.

Descendants

• Armenian: բիլ ‎(bil)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “bil”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 177