մոզ
Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A dialectal word not attested in Old or Middle Armenian literature.
J̌ahukyan considers this a lexical archaism and with Old Armenian մժեխ (mžex) and մուն (mun) derives from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mus-, among the cognates comparing especially Albanian myzë, mizë (“fly”).[1][2] See Pokorny for this root.[3]
But most likely a borrowing from Northern Kurdish moz. The borrowing is from Kurdish into Armenian and not vice versa in view of the lack of attestation in old literature, unexplained -զ (-z), relatively limited distribution in Armenian dialects, richer meanings found in Kurdish and probable native Iranian etymology of moz.
The idiomatic sense մոզ անել (moz anel) is borrowed from Northern Kurdish moz kirin (“(of cattle) to fly into a rage as a result of horsefly biting”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /moz/, [moz]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /moz/, [moz]
Noun
[edit]մոզ • (moz)
- (dialectal, Ararat, Van, Mush, Nor Bayazet, Sasun, Kharberd) a kind of fly that bites horses and cattle
- Synonym: գոռեխ (goṙex)
- մոզ անել ― moz anel ― (of cattle) to shy, run away in fear due to a bite; (figuratively, of humans) to shirk work
Declension
[edit]| i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | մոզ (moz) | մոզեր (mozer) | ||
| dative | մոզի (mozi) | մոզերի (mozeri) | ||
| ablative | մոզից (mozicʻ) | մոզերից (mozericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | մոզով (mozov) | մոզերով (mozerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | մոզը/մոզն (mozə/mozn) | մոզերը/մոզերն (mozerə/mozern) | ||
| dative | մոզին (mozin) | մոզերին (mozerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | մոզս (mozs) | մոզերս (mozers) | ||
| dative | մոզիս (mozis) | մոզերիս (mozeris) | ||
| ablative | մոզիցս (mozicʻs) | մոզերիցս (mozericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | մոզովս (mozovs) | մոզերովս (mozerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | մոզդ (mozd) | մոզերդ (mozerd) | ||
| dative | մոզիդ (mozid) | մոզերիդ (mozerid) | ||
| ablative | մոզիցդ (mozicʻd) | մոզերիցդ (mozericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | մոզովդ (mozovd) | մոզերովդ (mozerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Džaukjan, G. B. (1967) Очерки по истории дописьменного периода армянского языка[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 256
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1972) Hay barbaṙagitutʻyan neracutʻyun[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 330
- ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 752
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “մոզ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 789b
- Adjarian, H. (1909–1911) “Recueil de mots kurdes en dialecte de Novo-Bayazet”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume XVI, page 361a
- Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “բոռեղ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 114
- Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “մոզ անել”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, pages 485–486
- Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “մոզ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 352bc
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “մոզ²”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 71a
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