Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian այլ (ayl). The inherited form is էլ (ēl).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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այլ (ayl)

  1. other
    Synonym: ուրիշ (uriš)

Derived terms

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Conjunction

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այլ (ayl)

  1. but, instead
    Ուզում եմ ոչ թե ա՛յս մեկը, այլ ա՛յն մեկը։Uzum em očʻ tʻe áys mekə, ayl áyn mekə.I want not this one, but that one.
    ոչ թե «էք», այլ «էգ»očʻ tʻe “ēkʻ”, ayl “ēg”not “էք”, “էգ”
    Հասա ու ի՞նչ տեսա. ոչ մեկդ հանգիստ նստած չէիք, այլ այստեղ-այնտեղ վազվզում էիք։Hasa u i?nčʻ tesa. očʻ mekd hangist nstac čʻēikʻ, ayl aysteġ-aynteġ vazvzum ēikʻ.I arrived and what did I see? None of you were sitting calmly; instead, you were running around everywhere.

Usage notes

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Along with բայց (baycʻ), այլ (ayl) is a logical conjunctive connective with an oppositional implication. Unlike բայց (baycʻ), though, այլ (ayl) selects for a negative predicate in the other clause, and in fact, use of բայց (baycʻ) here is unidiomatic. In particular, the construction ո՛չ թե…, այլ (óčʻ tʻe…, ayl) is very common, expressing the “not... but” construction of English.

Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₂élyos.[1][2][3][4]

Pronoun

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այլ (ayl)

  1. another, other
    այլով ճանապարհաւaylov čanaparhawby another way
    այլով օրինակաւaylov ōrinakawin another manner
    այլ ոքayl okʻanother
    եւ ոչ այլ ոքew očʻ ayl okʻnot even another
    յայլմէ կողմանէyaylmē kołmanēanother side, the other side
    այլ է ասել եւ այլ գործելayl ē asel ew ayl gorcelit is one thing to say, another to do
    եւ այլն, այլովքն հանդերձew ayln, aylovkʻn handerjetc, and so on
    այլ ընդ այլոյayl ənd ayloyone for another, pellmell; differently, on the contrary
    այլ ընդ այլոյ ասելayl ənd ayloy aselto say equivocally, ambiguously
    այլ յայլմէ լինելayl yaylmē linelto lose one's presence of mind, to be overcome by joy or fear
    ոչ այլ իւիքočʻ ayl iwikʻin no other way
    այլ իմն, այլոյ իրիք, այլով իւիքayl imn, ayloy irikʻ, aylov iwikʻsome other, other, another (thing)
    այլ ոմն, այլոյ ուրումն, այլով ոմամբayl omn, ayloy urumn, aylov omambanother, other (person)
    • 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, I linelutʻeann xndrocʻ ew lucmancʻ [Quaestiones et Solutiones in Genesim] 2.62:[5][6]
      Ընդէ՞ր իբրու յաղագս այլոյ ա՟յ ասէ, թէ ի կերպարան ա՟յ արար զմարդն, եւ ոչ յիւրն։
      Əndē?r ibru yałags ayloy a.y asē, tʻē i kerparan a.y arar zmardn, ew očʻ yiwrn.
      • Translation by Ralph Marcus
        Why does (Scripture) say, as if (speaking) of another God, "in the image of God He made man" and not "in His own image"?
  2. alien, foreign

Declension

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Adverb

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այլ (ayl)

  1. also
    այլ եւ/եւսayl ew/ewsbesides, over and above, moreover, also, more, in addition

Conjunction

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այլ (ayl)

  1. but, however; then
    այլ թէayl tʻēbut, but if, but that
    այլ սակայնayl sakaynbut, yet, nevertheless, however, notwithstanding
    այլ զիayl zibecause; where as; even as : more than, rather: since, that, seeing that

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: այլ (ayl), այլք (aylkʻ), այլոց (aylocʻ), ալ (al), էլ (ēl), էլի (ēli)

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “այլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
  4. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “ayl”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 57
  5. ^ Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1826) Pʻiloni Ebrayecʻwoy mnacʻordkʻ i hays, or en Meknutʻiwn Cnndocʻ ew Elicʻ, Čaṙkʻ i Sampʻson, i Yovnan, ew yeris mankuns kam i hreštaks [Philonis Judaei paralipomena armena. Libri videlicet quatuor in Genesin, libri duo in Exodum, sermo unus de Sampsone, alter de Iona, tertius de tribus angelis Abraamo apparentibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 146
  6. ^ Marcus, Ralph (1953) Philo: Supplement I: Questions and Answers on Genesis (The Loeb Classical Library), Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, page 150

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “այլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “այլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian]‎[2] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys