դոյզն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• դոյզ (doyz)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Adjective

դոյզն • (doyzn) indeclinable

1. very little, exiguous; small; frivolous, light

   դոյզն ինչ ― doyzn inčʻ ― very little; pinch, drop

Usage notes

This adjective was indeclinable. If it had to be declined, it was replaced by synonymous դուզնաքեայ (duznakʻeay).

Adverb

դոյզն • (doyzn)

1. a little; a trifle; (just) a bit

Derived terms

• դոյզնաբար (doyznabar)
• դոյզնագիւտ (doyznagiwt)
• դոյզնժամանակեայ (doyznžamanakeay)
• դուզնաբանագոյն (duznabanagoyn)
• դուզնաբանեմ (duznabanem)
• դուզնաբանութիւն (duznabanutʻiwn)
• դուզնաբար (duznabar)
• դուզնագիւտ (duznagiwt)
• դուզնամանակեան (duznamanakean)
• դուզնաքեայ (duznakʻeay)

Descendants

• Armenian: դույզն (duyzn)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դոյզն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դոյզն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դոյզն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press