ולויש

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Mozarabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

ולויש (wlwyšm pl

  1. eyes
    • c. 1000, Yosef al-Katib, Kharja H18 :[1]
      אנפרמירון ולויש גּידש
      'nfrmyrwn wlwyš gydš
      [my] healthy eyes have fallen sick

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Corriente, F., Sáenz-Badillos, A. (1994) “Nueva propuesta de lectura de las xarajāt con texto romance de la serie hebrea”, in Revista de Filología Española (in Spanish), volume LXXIV, number 3/4, page 288