Definify.com
Definition 2024
աւազ
աւազ
Old Armenian
Noun
աւազ • (awaz)
- sand, gravel
- աւազ ցանել ― awaz cʿanel ― to gravel
- խրել յաւազի ― xrel yawazi ― to run upon a sand, to stick fast in the sand
- շփել աւազով ― špʿel awazov ― to scour with sand
- տեղի, փոս աւազոյ ― tełi, pʿos awazoy ― sand-pit
- ժամացոյց յաւազոյ ― žamacʿoycʿ yawazoy ― hour-glass
- աւազք ― awazkʿ ― sand-banks, quick-sands, downs; sand-pit
- խրել յաւազս ― xrel yawazs ― to run upon a sand
- (by extension) dust
Declension
o-type
singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
nominative | աւազ (awaz) | աւազք (awazkʿ) | |
genitive | աւազոյ (awazoy) | աւազոց (awazocʿ) | |
dative | աւազոյ (awazoy) | աւազոց (awazocʿ) | |
accusative | աւազ (awaz) | աւազս (awazs) | |
ablative | աւազոյ (awazoy) | աւազոց (awazocʿ) | |
instrumental | աւազով (awazov) | աւազովք (awazovkʿ) | |
locative | աւազ (awaz) | աւազս (awazs) | |
an i-a-type instrumental singular աւազաւ (awazaw) is attested post-classically |
Derived terms
|
|
|
Descendants
- Armenian: ավազ (avaz)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աւազ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աւազ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “աւազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “awaz”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 149
- Bailey, H. W. (1979), “hāysiñä”, in Dictionary of Khotan Saka, Cambridge, London, New York, Melbourne: Cambridge University press, pages 478–479