հիւս

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Deverbal from հիւսեմ (hiwsem).

Alternative forms
  • հեւս (hews)

Noun

հիւս • (hiws)

  1. plait, tress, braid (of hair)
    դեղձան հիւսք ― dełjan hiwskʻ ― golden tresses
    հիւսք մազաց, հիւսք հերաց ― hiwskʻ mazacʻ, hiwskʻ heracʻ ― tress or lock of hair, tresses, plait of hair
  2. texture, tissue
  3. intertwining, interweaving, wreathing
  4. knit
Declension
i-type
singular plural
nominative հիւս (hiws) հիւսք (hiwskʻ)
genitive հիւսի (hiwsi) հիւսից (hiwsicʻ)
dative հիւսի (hiwsi) հիւսից (hiwsicʻ)
accusative հիւս (hiws) հիւսս (hiwss)
ablative հիւսէ (hiwsē) հիւսից (hiwsicʻ)
instrumental հիւսիւ (hiwsiw) հիւսիւք (hiwsiwkʻ)
locative հիւսի (hiwsi) հիւսս (hiwss)
post-classically the genitive can also be o-type հիւսոյ (hiwsoy)
Descendants
  • Armenian: հյուս (hyus)

Etymology 2

From հիւս (hiws, “plait”), հիւսեմ (hiwsem, “to weave, plait”), the idea of the abundance of snow expressed through ‘weaving, plaiting’.

Alternative forms
  • հոսի (hosi), հոս (hos), հոսին (hosin), ուսի (usi), ուսին (usin)

Noun

հիւս • (hiws)

  1. avalanche
    հիւս ձեան ― hiws jean ― avalanche, snow-slip
Declension
o-type
singular plural
nominative հիւս (hiws) հիւսք (hiwskʻ)
genitive հիւսոյ (hiwsoy) հիւսոց (hiwsocʻ)
dative հիւսոյ (hiwsoy) հիւսոց (hiwsocʻ)
accusative հիւս (hiws) հիւսս (hiwss)
ablative հիւսոյ (hiwsoy) հիւսոց (hiwsocʻ)
instrumental հիւսով (hiwsov) հիւսովք (hiwsovkʻ)
locative հիւս (hiws) հիւսս (hiwss)
Descendants

References
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հիւս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հիւս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հիւս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 411
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