անյոյս

Old Armenian

Etymology

ան- (an-) + յոյս (yoys)

Adjective

անյոյս • (anyoys)

  1. hopeless, desperate
    անյոյս առնելanyoys aṙnelto render hopeless
  2. despaired of
    անյոյս լինելanyoys linelto despair, to give way to despair
  3. unhoped, unexpected

Declension

Adverb

անյոյս • (anyoys)

  1. desperately

Descendants

  • Armenian: անհույս (anhuys)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “անյոյս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անյոյս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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