# փաթիլ
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* փաթուլ (pʻatʻul) — Trabzon
* թափուլ (tʻapʻul) — Hamshen
* թաթուլ (tʻatʻul) — dialectal

### Etymology

A dialectal word unattested in Middle or Old Armenian. Closely related to the synonymous Turkish patul and Pontic Greek πατούλιν (patoúlin), further possibly also to Armenian թափուլ (tʻapʻul), Georgian თაფული (tapuli, “pile of mown hay”), Laz ტაფული (ťapuli, “ball of yarn; large bundle of hay”), Turkish tapul (“bundle or pile of hay or grain”), padul (“bundle of hay”), badul (“lump”). See each for more forms. The nature of the relationship and the ultimate origin are uncertain.
The Hamshen form թափուլ (tʻapʻul) is metathesized like թեպուր (tʻepur).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /pʰɑˈtʰil/, [pʰɑtʰíl]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /pɑˈtil/, [pʰɑtʰíl]

### Noun

փաթիլ • (pʻatʻil)
* large snowflake
    Synonym: ձյունափաթիլ (jyunapʻatʻil) (rare)
* (dialectal) tuft, flock of wool (carded or uncarded)

#### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | փաթիլ (pʻatʻil) | փաթիլներ (pʻatʻilner) |
| dative | փաթիլի (pʻatʻili) | փաթիլների (pʻatʻilneri) |
| ablative | փաթիլից (pʻatʻilicʻ) | փաթիլներից (pʻatʻilnericʻ) |
| instrumental | փաթիլով (pʻatʻilov) | փաթիլներով (pʻatʻilnerov) |
| locative | փաթիլում (pʻatʻilum) | փաթիլներում (pʻatʻilnerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | փաթիլը/փաթիլն (pʻatʻilə/pʻatʻiln) | փաթիլները/փաթիլներն (pʻatʻilnerə/pʻatʻilnern) |
| dative | փաթիլին (pʻatʻilin) | փաթիլներին (pʻatʻilnerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | փաթիլս (pʻatʻils) | փաթիլներս (pʻatʻilners) |
| dative | փաթիլիս (pʻatʻilis) | փաթիլներիս (pʻatʻilneris) |
| ablative | փաթիլիցս (pʻatʻilicʻs) | փաթիլներիցս (pʻatʻilnericʻs) |
| instrumental | փաթիլովս (pʻatʻilovs) | փաթիլներովս (pʻatʻilnerovs) |
| locative | փաթիլումս (pʻatʻilums) | փաթիլներումս (pʻatʻilnerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | փաթիլդ (pʻatʻild) | փաթիլներդ (pʻatʻilnerd) |
| dative | փաթիլիդ (pʻatʻilid) | փաթիլներիդ (pʻatʻilnerid) |
| ablative | փաթիլիցդ (pʻatʻilicʻd) | փաթիլներիցդ (pʻatʻilnericʻd) |
| instrumental | փաթիլովդ (pʻatʻilovd) | փաթիլներովդ (pʻatʻilnerovd) |
| locative | փաթիլումդ (pʻatʻilumd) | փաթիլներումդ (pʻatʻilnerumd) |

#### Derived terms

* ձյունափաթիլ (jyunapʻatʻil)
* փաթիլ-փաթիլ (pʻatʻil-pʻatʻil, “in flakes, in flocks”, adverb)

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “փաթիլ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages
* Altunkaya, Yunus (2012) Hemşince - Hamşeŝna: Kültür, Dil, Bilgisi (in Turkish), Istanbul: Chiviyazıları, →ISBN, page 197a
* Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “թաթուլ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 201a, derives from թաթ (tʻatʻ, “paw”)
* Ġapʻancʻyan, Grigor (1961) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun. Hin šrǰan [History of the Armenian Language. Ancient Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 201
* Vardanyan, Sergey (2009) Kronapʻox hamšenahayeri barbaṙə, banahyusutʻyunə ew ergarvestə (nyutʻer ew usumnasirutʻyunner) [Dialect, folklore and song art of the Islamized Armenians of Hamshen (materials and studies)]‎, Yerevan: University Press, page 288