հիւսիս

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain. Perhaps etymologically meaning “opposite side”, from Proto-Indo-European *sewkoy-ḱi(y)o-, a compound of *sewk-e/oy- (see հիւսեմ (hiwsem) for this etymon) and *ḱey- (to be situated), whence Ancient Greek κεῖμαι (keîmai). Compare հարաւ (haraw).

Noun

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հիւսիս (hiwsis)

  1. north
  2. northern wind
    գոռ, ամեհի հիւսիսgoṙ, amehi hiwsisthe bleak north-wind, the lowering boreal winds

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հյուսիս (hyusis)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հիւսիս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հիւսիս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հիւսիս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 412