Armenian

Alternative forms

• էս ‎(ēs) (dialectal)

Pronoun

այս • ‎(ays)

1. this

   այս տունը իմն է (ays tunë imn ē) — this is my house

2. these

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian այս ‎(ays); see it for more.

Noun

այս • ‎(ays)

1. (archaic) evil spirit

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From the demonstrative particle *այ- ‎(*ay-) +‎ *սո- ‎(*so-). For the first see այն ‎(ayn).

Pronoun

այս • ‎(ays)

1. (demonstrative) this

   ասացից զայս ինչ եւ զայն‎ ― asacʿicʿ zays inčʿ ew zayn ― I shall say this and that, so and so

   այս անգամ‎ ― ays angam ― this time, this once

   այս անուն‎ ― ays anun ― such-a-one

   այս նիշ‎ ― ays niš ― marked thus, having this mark, such

   այսու ամենայնիւ‎ ― aysu amenayniw ― still, nevertheless, as for the rest

   յայսմ հետէ‎ ― yaysm hetē ― hereafter, henceforward, henceforth, from this moment or hour, for the future.

   յայսմ վայրի‎ ― yaysm vayri ― here, in this place; now

   յայս սակս‎ ― yays saks ― it is why, for this purpose or reason, on this account, consequently

   ցայս ցայն‎ ― cʿays cʿayn ― both as to this and to that, considering both sides of the case

Declension

Synonyms

• սա ‎(sa), սոյն ‎(soyn)

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: այս ‎(ays)

See also

• այդ ‎(ayd)
• այն ‎(ayn)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “այս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “այս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “այս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 107

Etymology 2

The origin is uncertain.

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂(e)nsu-yo- and cognate with Sanskrit असुर ‎(ásura, “god, lord, name of a group of gods”), Avestan [script needed] ‎(ahu-, “lord, overlord”), Hittite [script needed] ‎(ḫaš-, “to procreate”), Proto-Germanic *ansuz.

Alternatively, a Mediterranean-Pontic substrate word related to Etruscan [script needed] ‎(ais, “god”).

Noun

այս • ‎(ays)

1. (rare) wind
2. evil spirit

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: այս ‎(ays)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “այս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “այս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “այս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “ays”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 59