ոյծ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ-. Cognates include Latvian auksts (cold) and Old Irish úar (cold).

Adjective

ոյծ • (oyc)

  1. cold, cool
  2. separated

Adverb

ոյծ • (oyc)

  1. apart, aside

Noun

ոյծ • (oyc)

  1. (in the plural) hiatus, gap, chasm
  2. (figuratively, in the plural) coldness (lack of affection or enthusiasm)

Declension

i-a-type or i-type
singular plural
nominative ոյծ (oyc) ոյծք (oyckʻ)
genitive ոյծի (oyci) ?
dative ոյծի (oyci) ?
accusative ոյծ (oyc) ոյծս (oycs)
ablative ոյծէ (oycē) ?
instrumental ? ?
locative ոյծի (oyci) ոյծս (oycs)

the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension

Derived terms

  • ուծակեր (ucaker)
  • ուծանամ (ucanam)
  • ուծացուցանեմ (ucacʻucʻanem)
  • ուծութիւն (ucutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ույծ (uyc), ույծք (uyckʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ոյծ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ոյծ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ոյծ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press