ոյծ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃ewǵ-. Cognates include Latvian auksts (“cold”) and Old Irish úar (“cold”).

Adjective

ոյծ • (oyc)

1. cold, cool
2. separated

Adverb

ոյծ • (oyc)

1. apart, aside

Noun

ոյծ • (oyc)

1. (in the plural) hiatus, gap, chasm
2. (figuratively, in the plural) coldness (lack of affection or enthusiasm)

Declension

i-a-type or i-type

	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