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գոյ

գոյ

Armenian

Noun

գոյ (goy)

  1. being

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂wes-.

Noun

գոյ (goy)

  1. being, existence, substance
    ըստ գոյին, գոյիւ, գոյիւ իւրով, գոյիւ չափəst goyin, goyiw, goyiw iwrov, goyiw čʿapʿ ― as much as his means or property allow, as much as he had; entirely, completely
    ի գոյ ածելi goy acel ― to create, to cause to exist
  2. God
  3. (usually in the plural) goods, property
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), գոյ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), գոյ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), գոյ”, 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 221

Etymology 2

Verb

գոյ (goy)

  1. third-person singular present active indicative of գոմ (gom)