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Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain.
Adjective
դոյզն • (doyzn) indeclinable
- very little, exiguous; small; frivolous, light
- դոյզն ինչ ― doyzn inčʻ ― very little; pinch, drop
Usage notes
This adjective was indeclinable. If it had to be declined, it was replaced by synonymous դուզնաքեայ (duznakʻeay).
Adverb
դոյզն • (doyzn)
- a little; a trifle; (just) a bit
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դոյզն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դոյզն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դոյզն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press