օձ
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian օձ (ōj).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ot͡sʰ/, [ot͡sʰ]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /ot͡s/, [ot͡sʰ]
Audio (Eastern Armenian): (file)
Noun
օձ • (ōj)
Declension
i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian) | ||||
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singular | plural | |||
nominative | օձ (ōj) | օձեր (ōjer) | ||
dative | օձի (ōji) | օձերի (ōjeri) | ||
ablative | օձից (ōjicʻ) | օձերից (ōjericʻ) | ||
instrumental | օձով (ōjov) | օձերով (ōjerov) | ||
locative | — | — | ||
definite forms | ||||
nominative | օձը/օձն (ōjə/ōjn) | օձերը/օձերն (ōjerə/ōjern) | ||
dative | օձին (ōjin) | օձերին (ōjerin) | ||
1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
nominative | օձս (ōjs) | օձերս (ōjers) | ||
dative | օձիս (ōjis) | օձերիս (ōjeris) | ||
ablative | օձիցս (ōjicʻs) | օձերիցս (ōjericʻs) | ||
instrumental | օձովս (ōjovs) | օձերովս (ōjerovs) | ||
locative | — | — | ||
2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
nominative | օձդ (ōjd) | օձերդ (ōjerd) | ||
dative | օձիդ (ōjid) | օձերիդ (ōjerid) | ||
ablative | օձիցդ (ōjicʻd) | օձերիցդ (ōjericʻd) | ||
instrumental | օձովդ (ōjovd) | օձերովդ (ōjerovd) | ||
locative | — | — |
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- աւձ (awj)
Etymology
The original spelling is աւձ (awj), from Proto-Armenian *awǵʰi, from *anʷgi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”).
Noun
օձ • (ōj)
- snake, serpent
- 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs [Physiologus] Earliest recension (TR).6.17:[1]
- Այլ գոյ ինչ եւ յաւձին բարի, զի իմաստուն է․ եւ յառեւծն, զի հզաւր է․ եւ յոչխարն, զի հանդարտ է։
- Ayl goy inčʻ ew yawjin bari, zi imastun ē; ew yaṙewcn, zi hzawr ē; ew yočʻxarn, zi handart ē.
- Translation by Gohar Muradyan
- But there is something good in the serpent, for it is wise, and in the lion too, for it is mighty, and in the sheep, for it is gentle.
- Այլ գոյ ինչ եւ յաւձին բարի, զի իմաստուն է․ եւ յառեւծն, զի հզաւր է․ եւ յոչխարն, զի հանդարտ է։
Usage notes
- In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek ὄφις (óphis).
Declension
i-type
Derived terms
Derived terms
- արքայօձիկ (arkʻayōjik)
- օձաբար (ōjabar)
- օձաբարոյ (ōjabaroy)
- օձաբարու (ōjabaru)
- օձաբնակ (ōjabnak)
- օձաթիւն (ōjatʻiwn)
- օձաթոյն (ōjatʻoyn)
- օձախած (ōjaxac)
- օձախաղաց (ōjaxałacʻ)
- օձախառն (ōjaxaṙn)
- օձակալ (ōjakal)
- օձակերպ (ōjakerp)
- օձակոխ (ōjakox)
Descendants
- Armenian: օձ (ōj)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “օձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “օձ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “awj”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 153
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “օձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
References
- ^ Muradyan, Gohar (2005) Physiologus: The Greek and Armenian Versions with a Study of Translation Technique (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 6)[1], Leuven – Paris – Dudley: Peeters, pages 97, 145
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- Armenian terms derived from Old Armenian
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- Armenian terms with audio pronunciation
- Armenian lemmas
- Armenian nouns
- hy:Snakes
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- Old Armenian terms derived from Proto-Armenian
- Old Armenian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Armenian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Armenian lemmas
- Old Armenian nouns
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- xcl:Snakes