բզէզ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- բզիզ (bziz)
Etymology
Of onomatopoeic origin. See also բզզամ (bzzam). Martirosyan suggests Proto-Indo-European inheritance.
Noun
բզէզ • (bzēz)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | բզէզ (bzēz) | բզէզք (bzēzkʻ) |
| genitive | բզեզոյ (bzezoy) | բզեզոց (bzezocʻ) |
| dative | բզեզոյ (bzezoy) | բզեզոց (bzezocʻ) |
| accusative | բզէզ (bzēz) | բզէզս (bzēzs) |
| ablative | բզեզոյ (bzezoy) | բզեզոց (bzezocʻ) |
| instrumental | բզեզով (bzezov) | բզեզովք (bzezovkʻ) |
| locative | բզէզ (bzēz) | բզէզս (bzēzs) |
singular genitive-dative բզեզի (bzezi) is also attested
Descendants
- Armenian: բզեզ (bzez)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բզէզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “բզէզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “բզզալ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 176