յայսկոյս

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

Adverb

յայսկոյս • (yayskoys)

1. here, on this side, this way

   յայսկոյս յայնկոյս ― yayskoys yaynkoys ― on this side and on that, from one side and the other, here and there

   ոմն յայսկոյս եւ ոմն յայնկոյս ― omn yayskoys ew omn yaynkoys ― some this way some that, some one way, some another

   հայեցեալ յայսկոյս յայնկոյս ― hayecʻeal yayskoys yaynkoys ― having glanced around

Antonyms

• յայնկոյս (yaynkoys)

Descendants

• Armenian: հայսկույս (hayskuys)

References

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