Old Armenian

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Etymology

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

Noun

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ագոյց (agoycʻ)

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

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ագույց (aguycʻ)

References

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  • 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