դոյզն

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Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain.

Adjective[edit]

դոյզն • (doyzn) indeclinable

  1. very little, exiguous; small; frivolous, light
    դոյզն ինչ ― doyzn inčʻ ― very little; pinch, drop

Usage notes[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

դոյզն • (doyzn)

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

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: դույզն (duyzn)

References[edit]

  • 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
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