փայլեմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From փայլ (pʻayl).

Verb

փայլեմ • (pʻaylem)  (aorist indicative փայլեցի)

  1. (intransitive) to shine, to glitter, to gleam, to flash, to sparkle, to glisten, to be resplendent
    խնդութիւն փայլէ յաչս նորա ― xndutʻiwn pʻaylē yačʻs nora ― joy shines in his looks
  2. (transitive) to cause to shine, to give a lustre or brightness to, to polish, to furbish, to burnish

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Armenian: փայլել (pʻaylel)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փայլեմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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