Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From յ- (y-) +‎ այս (ays) +‎ կոյս (koys).

Adverb edit

յայսկոյս (yayskoys)

  1. here, on this side, this way
    յայսկոյս յայնկոյսyayskoys yaynkoyson this side and on that, from one side and the other, here and there
    ոմն յայսկոյս եւ ոմն յայնկոյսomn yayskoys ew omn yaynkoyssome this way some that, some one way, some another
    հայեցեալ յայսկոյս յայնկոյսhayecʻeal yayskoys yaynkoyshaving glanced around

Antonyms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հայսկույս (hayskuys)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յայսկոյս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy