գոյժ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain.

Noun[edit]

գոյժ (goyž)

  1. bad news, sad news
    գոյժ արկանել, առնել, տալgoyž arkanel, aṙnel, talto bring bad news
  2. lamentation, complaint accompanied with groans and cries
    գոյժ առնուլ, գոյժ ի բերան առնուլ, գոյժ դնելgoyž aṙnul, goyž i beran aṙnul, goyž dnelto lament, to deplore

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: գույժ (guyž)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գոյժ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գոյժ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press