# ոջիլ
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Old Armenian ոջիլ (oǰil).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /voˈt͡ʃʰil/, [vot͡ʃʰíl]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /voˈt͡ʃil/, [vot͡ʃʰíl]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

ոջիլ • (oǰil)
* louse

#### Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | ոջիլ (oǰil) | ոջիլներ (oǰilner) |
| dative | ոջիլի (oǰili) | ոջիլների (oǰilneri) |
| ablative | ոջիլից (oǰilicʻ) | ոջիլներից (oǰilnericʻ) |
| instrumental | ոջիլով (oǰilov) | ոջիլներով (oǰilnerov) |
| locative | — | — |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | ոջիլը/ոջիլն (oǰilə/oǰiln) | ոջիլները/ոջիլներն (oǰilnerə/oǰilnern) |
| dative | ոջիլին (oǰilin) | ոջիլներին (oǰilnerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | ոջիլս (oǰils) | ոջիլներս (oǰilners) |
| dative | ոջիլիս (oǰilis) | ոջիլներիս (oǰilneris) |
| ablative | ոջիլիցս (oǰilicʻs) | ոջիլներիցս (oǰilnericʻs) |
| instrumental | ոջիլովս (oǰilovs) | ոջիլներովս (oǰilnerovs) |
| locative | — | — |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | ոջիլդ (oǰild) | ոջիլներդ (oǰilnerd) |
| dative | ոջիլիդ (oǰilid) | ոջիլներիդ (oǰilnerid) |
| ablative | ոջիլիցդ (oǰilicʻd) | ոջիլներիցդ (oǰilnericʻd) |
| instrumental | ոջիլովդ (oǰilovd) | ոջիլներովդ (oǰilnerovd) |
| locative | — | — |

#### Derived terms

* ոջլոտ (oǰlot)
* ոջլոտել (oǰlotel)
* փայտոջիլ (pʻaytoǰil)
* ոջլակալել (oǰlakalel)
* ոջլխոց (oǰlxocʻ)

## Old Armenian
### Alternative forms

* որջիլ (orǰil)

### Etymology

The older form is որջիլ (orǰil), of uncertain origin. Since Bugge the term has often been connected with Sanskrit रिक्षा (rikṣā), लिक्षा (likṣā, “nit, young louse”), Persian رشک (rešk, “nit”), Latin ricinus (“tick”), Lithuanian érkė (“tick, mite”), Latvian ērce (“tick, mite”) and especially Albanian ergjëz (“nit”), and derived from Proto-Indo-European, but there are phonological problems.

### Noun

ոջիլ • (oǰil)
* louse
    մածանող ոջիլ ― macanoł oǰil ― crab-louse
    ոջիլ արմտեաց ― oǰil armteacʻ ― grub, mite, weevil
    քաղել զոջիլս, մաքրել յոջլոց ― kʻałel zoǰils, makʻrel yoǰlocʻ ― to louse

#### Derived terms

* մանրոջիլ (manroǰil)
* որջլալից (orǰlalicʻ)
* ոջլակեր (oǰlaker)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: ոջիլ (oǰil)

### References

* ↑ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 482
* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ոջիլ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 563–564
* ↑ Bugge, Sophus (1889) “Beiträge zur etymologischen Erläuterung der armenischen Sprache”, in Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania (in German), No. 4, Christiania, page 17
* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 335
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ոջիլ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 603

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “ոջիլ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 517c
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ոջիլ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 563ab