մէզ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- միզ (miz)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₃moyǵʰos or *h₃meyǵʰos, from *h₃meyǵʰ- (“urinate”). A borrowing from the Iranian cognate has also been suggested: compare Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (maēza, “urine”) and Northern Kurdish mîz (“urine”).
Noun
մէզ • (mēz)
- urine
- մրուր միզոյ ― mrur mizoy ― urinary sediment
Declension
o-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | մէզ (mēz) | մէզք (mēzkʿ) | |
| genitive | միզոյ (mizoy) | միզոց (mizocʿ) | |
| dative | միզոյ (mizoy) | միզոց (mizocʿ) | |
| accusative | մէզ (mēz) | մէզս (mēzs) | |
| ablative | միզոյ (mizoy) | միզոց (mizocʿ) | |
| instrumental | միզով (mizov) | միզովք (mizovkʿ) | |
| locative | մէզ (mēz) | մէզս (mēzs) |
i-a-type or i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | մէզ (mēz) | մէզք (mēzkʿ) | |
| genitive | միզի (mizi) | ? (?) | |
| dative | միզի (mizi) | ? (?) | |
| accusative | մէզ (mēz) | մէզս (mēzs) | |
| ablative | միզէ (mizē) | ? (?) | |
| instrumental | ? (?) | ? (?) | |
| locative | միզի (mizi) | մէզս (mēzs) | |
| the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension | |||
Derived terms
- դժուարամէզ (džuaramēz)
- մէզմուղ (mēzmuł)
- միզագրաւ (mizagraw)
- միզագրաւիմ (mizagrawim)
- միզագրաւութիւն (mizagrawutʿiwn)
- միզարգելութիւն (mizargelutʿiwn)
- միզարձակ (mizarjak)
- միզաւառ (mizawaṙ)
- միզեմ (mizem)
- միզերակ (mizerak)
- միզուկ (mizuk)
Descendants
- Armenian: մեզ (mez)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “մէզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 312ab
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մէզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 385
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian, Zagreb, page 12
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 207
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մէզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy