ոյժ

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Armenian[edit]

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Noun[edit]

ոյժ (oyž)

  1. (dated) Alternative spelling of ուժ ()

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Parthian *ōž, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háwǰas.

Noun[edit]

ոյժ (oyž)

  1. force, strength, power, vigour, energy, virtue, valour; effort; weight
    յուժոյyužoystrongly, vigorously
    ոյժ տալoyž talto force, to make efforts; to give power, to authorize, to favour
    ոյժ առնուլoyž aṙnulto gather strength
    նոր ոյժ առնուլnor oyž aṙnulto gain new strength, to recover one's strength
    յուժի լինելyuži linelto be in full vigour, in the prime of strength
    անկանել յուժոյankanel yužoyto feel one's strength failing, to lose strength, to become weakened or enervated
    ի յուժ ձգելi yuž jgelto harass, to oppress

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Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Armenian: ուժ ()

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ոյժ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 559–560
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ոյժ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 215
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ոյժ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy