Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From ագանիմ (aganim) +‎ -ոյց (-oycʻ) or from the aorist stem of ագուցանեմ (agucʻanem).

Noun edit

ագոյց (agoycʻ)

  1. (usually in the plural) ring, hoop
  2. (usually in the plural) lever, bar, crowbar put through such ring

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ագույց (aguycʻ)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ագոյցք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ագանիմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press