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օձ

օձ

Armenian

Մի սև օձ (Mi sew ōj, A black snake)

Noun

օձ (ōj)

  1. snake, serpent

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The original spelling is աւձ (awj), from Proto-Armenian *awǵʰi, from *anʷgi, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éngʷʰis (snake).

Noun

օձ (ōj)

  1. snake
    օձ աւազակōj awazak ― the devil
    օձ խարամանիōj xaramani ― dipsas or dipsade
    օձ չչէōj čʿčʿē ― the serpent hisses
    քաղցրութեամբ օձն ի ծակէն ելանէkʿałcʿrutʿeamb ōjn i cakēn elanē ― a smooth tongue draws (gentleness is better than force)
    օձի դեղōji deł ― viper's bugloss, echium

Declension

Derived terms

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