զոյգ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowing from Classical Syriac ܙܘܓܐ‎ (zawgāʾ).[1][2][3][4]

Noun

զոյգ • (zoyg)

  1. (in the plural) yoke, pair, couple
    ի զոյգս ― i zoygs ― together
    զոյգք եզանց ― zoygkʿ ezancʿ ― a yoke of oxen or bullocks
    զոյգք իշոց ― zoygkʿ išocʿ ― a couple of asses
    զոյգք կաքաւուց ― zoygkʿ kakʿawucʿ ― brace of partridges
    զոյգք ատրճանակաց ― zoygkʿ atrčanakacʿ ― brace of pistols
    զոյգ մի կոշկաց ― zoyg mi koškacʿ ― a pair of boots
    զոյգս զոյգս ― zoygs zoygs ― in pairs, by twos, two and two
  2. (in the plural) two- or four-horse chariot
  3. (in the plural) balance, scale
  4. (in the plural) button on a book cover [in a 1234 inscription]

Declension

Adjective

զոյգ • (zoyg)

  1. forming a pair; together; equal; even
    զոյգ ընդ ― zoyg ənd ― directly, forthwith, as soon
    զոյգ ընդ բանին եղեւ ― zoyg ənd banin ełew ― no sooner said than done

Declension

Adverb

զոյգ • (zoyg)

  1. equally, conjointly, together
  2. forthwith, immediately

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “զոյգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 104–105
  2. ↑ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 303
  3. ↑ 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 931
  4. ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “զոյգ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 242a

Further reading

  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʿ (1865), “զոյգ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), corrected and expanded by Grigor Čēlalean, 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), “զոյգ”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “զոյգ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “զոյգ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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