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ուղի

ուղի

Armenian

Noun

ուղի (ułi)

  1. way, track, path
  2. railway
  3. passage, duct
  4. (figuratively) journey, voyage
  5. (figuratively) means, way

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ուղ () (post-classical)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ul-. Cognates include Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós), Russian улица (ulica, street) and улей (ulej, beehive), Norwegian aul (wild angelica), Latin alvus (belly, hollow), Lithuanian aũlas (bootleg) and especially Latvian ula, ule (wheel hub). The root form may be preserved in post-classical ուղ ().

Noun

ուղի (ułi)

  1. road, way, route
  2. journey
    յուղի արկանելyułi arkanel ― to send on a voyage, to start a person on a journey
    յուղի անկանել, ուղւոյ լինելyułi ankanel, ułwoy linel ― to set out, to start, to leave, to depart, to go away
  3. passage

Declension

Usage notes

In compounds the word is sometimes misspelled as ուղղ- (ułł-) by confusion with ուղիղ (ułił).

Derived terms

Descendants

References

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