մէզ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

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)

  1. urine
    մրուր միզոյmrur mizoyurinary sediment

Declension

o-type
singular plural
nominative մէզ (mēz) մէզք (mēzkʻ)
genitive միզոյ (mizoy) միզոց (mizocʻ)
dative միզոյ (mizoy) միզոց (mizocʻ)
accusative մէզ (mēz) մէզս (mēzs)
ablative միզոյ (mizoy) միզոց (mizocʻ)
instrumental միզով (mizov) միզովք (mizovkʻ)
locative մէզ (mēz) մէզս (mēzs)
i-a-type or i-type
singular plural
nominative մէզ (mēz) մէզք (mēzkʻ)
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

Descendants

  • Armenian: մեզ (mez)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մէզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 312ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մէզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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, Matatʻeay (1879) “մէզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy