Old Armenian

Noun

հաճոյք • ‎(hačoykʿ) pl

1. will, pleasure, good will, willingness; caprice, humour, fancy, whim

   ըստ հաճոյս‎ ― əst hačoys ― at one's will or pleasure, according to, at sight, at discretion; negligently, carelessly

   ըստ հաճոյից նորա‎ ― əst hačoyicʿ nora ― according to his caprice

   գործել ըստ հաճոյս‎ ― gorcel əst hačoys ― to do according to one's liking, fancy or humour, to follow one's own bent, to listen to nobody

   անձնատուր լինել ի հաճոյս ուրուք‎ ― anjnatur linel i hačoys urukʿ ― to abandon oneself entirely to another's caprice or discretion

   այր իւրաքանչիւր զհաճոյս առաջի աչաց իւրոց առնէր‎ ― ayr iwrakʿančʿiwr zhačoys aṙaǰi ačʿacʿ iwrocʿ aṙnēr ― every man did that which was right in his own eyes

Declension

Descendants

• Armenian: հաճույք ‎(hačuykʿ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հաճոյք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հաճոյք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy