յոյզ

Old Armenian[edit]

An Iranian borrowing: compare Parthian 𐫏𐫇𐫉- (ywz- /⁠yōz-⁠/, “to agitate, set in motion, convulse; be agitated”), Avestan 𐬫𐬀𐬊𐬰𐬀𐬌𐬙𐬌 (yaozaⁱti, “to set in motion”)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] and Gurani یۆستەی (yōstay), یۆز- (yōz-, “to search”). See also Middle Persian ywc.

յոյզ • (yoyz)

seeking, searching; examination, investigation
յոյզ եւ խնդիր ― yoyz ew xndir ― research, perquisition, chicane, pettifogging

յոյզ առնել, ի յոյզ առնուլ, լինել ի յոյզ եւ ի խնդիր, յոյզ եւ խնդիր առնել ― yoyz aṙnel, i yoyz aṙnul, linel i yoyz ew i xndir, yoyz ew xndir aṙnel ― to search into, to make researches, to investigate
trouble, agitation
յոյզ սրտի ― yoyz srti ― emotion

յոյզք խռովութեանց ― yoyzkʻ xṙovutʻeancʻ ― troubles, broils

ի յոյզս կրից ― i yoyzs kricʻ ― in the heat of passion

ի նախկին յոյզս ցասման ― i naxkin yoyzs cʻasman ― in the first impulse of indignation

i-a-type

	singular	plural
nominative	յոյզ (yoyz)	յոյզք (yoyzkʻ)
genitive	յուզի (yuzi)	յուզաց (yuzacʻ)
dative	յուզի (yuzi)	յուզաց (yuzacʻ)
accusative	յոյզ (yoyz)	յոյզս (yoyzs)
ablative	յուզէ (yuzē)	յուզաց (yuzacʻ)
instrumental	յուզաւ (yuzaw)	յուզաւք = յուզօք (yuzawkʻ = yuzōkʻ)
locative	յուզի (yuzi)	յոյզս (yoyzs)

^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 199
^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “յոյզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 403–404
^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 895
^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “յոյզ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 554b