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գել

գել

Armenian

Pronunciation

Noun

գել (gel) (traditional orthography spelling գէլ)

  1. (dialectal) Alternative form of գայլ (gayl)
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian գել (gel); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Adjective

գել (gel) (superlative ամենագել)

  1. tight, stiff; twisted
Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • գէլ (gēl)

Etymology

From the root of գելում (gelum).

Adjective

գել (gel)

  1. tight, stiff
  2. intwined, twisted
  3. crooked, curved

Descendants

References

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