ולויש

Mozarabic

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin oclus (“eye”), from Latin oculus (“eye”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Compare Old Galician-Portuguese ollo and Old Spanish ojo.

Noun

ולויש (wlwyš) m pl

1. eyes
   • c. 1000, Yosef al-Katib, Kharja H18:

     אנפרמירון ולויש גּידש

     'nfrmyrwn wlwyš gydš

     [my] healthy eyes have fallen sick

Notes

Only attested in the plural. Corriente takes ⟨wlwyš⟩ to represent a Mozarabic wélyoš.