Old Armenian

Noun

ցոյց • ‎(cʿoycʿ)

1. show, indication, example

   ցոյցս առնել‎ ― cʿoycʿs aṙnel ― to shօw, to show off, to make parade or display of, to display

   առնել ինչ ի ցոյցս մարդկան‎ ― aṙnel inčʿ i cʿoycʿs mardkan ― to do any thing so as to be seen of men, ostentatiously, for mere show, to obtain applause fraudulently

   ցոյց բարեկամութեան‎ ― cʿoycʿ barekamutʿean ― show of friendship

   ցոյց մեծարանաց‎ ― cʿoycʿ mecaranacʿ ― demonstration of respect

   ի ցոյց, ի ցոյցս, ի ցոյցս ինչ‎ ― i cʿoycʿ, i cʿoycʿs, i cʿoycʿs inčʿ ― only for show, for pretence, for ostentation

2. proof

   հաստատուն ցոյց‎ ― hastatun cʿoycʿ ― plain proof

3. spectacle, laughing-stock, butt

   լինել ի ցոյցս‎ ― linel i cʿoycʿs ― to be exposed to mockery or contempt, to be the laughing-stock, the butt of

   զոմանս ցոյց առնել ի խրատ այլոց‎ ― zomans cʿoycʿ aṙnel i xrat aylocʿ ― to hold up to opprobrium for example to others

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ցույց ‎(cʿuycʿ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ցոյց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ցոյց”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “ցոյց”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 460–461
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 588
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “ցոյց”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 744b