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օձ
օձ
Armenian
Մի սև օձ (Mi sew ōj, “A black snake”)
Noun
օձ • (ōj)
Declension
i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | օձ (ōj) | օձեր (ōjer) | ||
| dative | օձի (ōji) | օձերի (ōjeri) | ||
| ablative | օձից (ōjicʿ) | օձերից (ōjericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | օձով (ōjov) | օձերով (ōjerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | օձը/օձն (ōjə/ōjn) | օձերը/օձերն (ōjerə/ōjern) | ||
| dative | օձին (ōjin) | օձերին (ōjerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | օձս (ōjs) | օձերս (ōjers) | ||
| dative | օձիս (ōjis) | օձերիս (ōjeris) | ||
| ablative | օձիցս (ōjicʿs) | օձերիցս (ōjericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | օձովս (ōjovs) | օձերովս (ōjerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | օձդ (ōjd) | օձերդ (ōjerd) | ||
| dative | օձիդ (ōjid) | օձերիդ (ōjerid) | ||
| ablative | օձիցդ (ōjicʿd) | օձերիցդ (ōjericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | օձովդ (ōjovd) | օձերովդ (ōjerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- աւձ (awj)
Etymology
The original spelling is աւձ (awj), from Proto-Armenian *awǵʰi, from *anʷgi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (“snake”).
Noun
օձ • (ōj)
- snake
- օձ աւազակ ― ōj awazak ― the devil
- օձ խարամանի ― ōj xaramani ― dipsas or dipsade
- օձ չչէ ― ōj čʿčʿē ― the serpent hisses
- քաղցրութեամբ օձն ի ծակէն ելանէ ― kʿałcʿrutʿeamb ōjn i cakēn elanē ― a smooth tongue draws (gentleness is better than force)
- օձի դեղ ― ōji deł ― viper's bugloss, echium
Declension
i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | օձ (ōj) | օձք (ōjkʿ) | |
| genitive | օձի (ōji) | օձից (ōjicʿ) | |
| dative | օձի (ōji) | օձից (ōjicʿ) | |
| accusative | օձ (ōj) | օձս (ōjs) | |
| ablative | օձէ (ōjē) | օձից (ōjicʿ) | |
| instrumental | օձիւ (ōjiw) | օձիւք (ōjiwkʿ) | |
| locative | օձի (ōji) | օձս (ōjs) |
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Descendants
- Armenian: օձ (ōj)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “օձ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “օձ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “awj”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 153