ոյծ
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ-. Cognates include Latvian auksts (“cold”) and Old Irish úar (“cold”).
Adjective
ոյծ • (oyc)
Adverb
ոյծ • (oyc)
Noun
ոյծ • (oyc)
- (in the plural) hiatus, gap, chasm
- (figuratively, in the plural) coldness (lack of affection or enthusiasm)
Declension
| 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