Old Armenian

Noun

հանգոյց • ‎(hangoycʿ)

1. knot

   գորդեան հանգոյց‎ ― gordean hangoycʿ ― the Gordian knot

   հանգոյց առնուլ‎ ― hangoycʿ aṙnul ― to make or tie a knot, to knot

   արձակել զհանգոյցն‎ ― arjakel zhangoycʿn ― to untie, to loosen or undo a knot

   լուծանել զհանգոյցսն‎ ― lucanel zhangoycʿsn ― to untie or cut the knot of a difficulty or question, to delucidate

   վերելից/վերամբարձ հանգոյց‎ ― verelicʿ/verambarj hangoycʿ ― (in astronomy) ascending node

   վայրաբեր հանգոյց‎ ― vayraber hangoycʿ ― (in astronomy) descending node

   գիծ հանգուցից‎ ― gic hangucʿicʿ ― (in astronomy) nodal line

2. tie, bond
3. station, post, stage, resting-place

   հանգոյց ի հանգուցէ փախչել‎ ― hangoycʿ i hangucʿē pʿaxčʿel ― to flee by post, or by relays of horses

4. (botany) knot, joint
5. (figuratively) knotty point, rub, difficulty, intricacy, tangle
6. (music) note
7. (as an adjective) full of difficulties, complicated

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Descendants

• Armenian: հանգույց ‎(hanguycʿ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հանգոյց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հանգոյց”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935