հիւս
Old Armenian
Etymology 1
From the root of հիւսեմ (hiwsem).
Alternative forms
- հեւս (hews)
Noun
հիւս • (hiws)
- plait, tress, braid (of hair)
- դեղձան հիւսք ― dełjan hiwskʻ ― golden tresses
- հիւսք մազաց, հիւսք հերաց ― hiwskʻ mazacʻ, hiwskʻ heracʻ ― tress or lock of hair, tresses, plait of hair
- texture, tissue
- intertwining, interweaving, wreathing
- knit
Declension
i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | հիւս (hiws) | հիւսք (hiwskʻ) | |
| genitive | հիւսի (hiwsi) | հիւսից (hiwsicʻ) | |
| dative | հիւսի (hiwsi) | հիւսից (hiwsicʻ) | |
| accusative | հիւս (hiws) | հիւսս (hiwss) | |
| ablative | հիւսէ (hiwsē) | հիւսից (hiwsicʻ) | |
| instrumental | հիւսիւ (hiwsiw) | հիւսիւք (hiwsiwkʻ) | |
| locative | հիւսի (hiwsi) | հիւսս (hiwss) | |
| post-classically the genitive can also be o-type հիւսոյ (hiwsoy) | |||
Descendants
- Armenian: հյուս (hyus)
Etymology 2
From հիւս (hiws, “plait”), հիւսեմ (hiwsem, “to weave, plait”), the idea of the abundance of snow expressed through ‘weaving, plaiting’.
Alternative forms
Noun
հիւս • (hiws)
- avalanche
- հիւս ձեան ― hiws jean ― avalanche, snow-slip
Declension
o-type
Descendants
- Armenian: հյուս (hyus)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հիւս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հիւս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հիւս”, 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 411