Old Armenian

Noun

բոյս • ‎(boys)

1. plant, vegetative body

   բոյս արձակել‎ ― boys arjakel ― to bud, to pullulate

   բոյս բարուց, բոյսք բնութեան, բարք բուսոց‎ ― boys barucʿ, boyskʿ bnutʿean, barkʿ busocʿ ― nature, temper, natural character

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Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: բույս ‎(buys)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բոյս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բոյս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բոյս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 187