ողկոյզ

The origin is uncertain. Related to Middle Armenian կոյզ (koyz, “bunch of grapes”) and possibly the second part of Old Armenian ընկոյզ (ənkoyz, “walnut”).

ողկոյզ • (ołkoyz)

1. bunch of grapes
   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (TR).17.3–5:^[1]

     Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զոզնոյ, թէ յորժամ ելանէ յողկոյզն որթոյ, արկանէ ի խոնարհ զպտուղն եւ սփռէ ի գետնին եւ ինքն թաւալի ի վերա․ եւ կառչին պտուղքն ի խոչսն, եւ առեալ տանի ձագուցն իւրեանց եւ թողու լոկ զշրուանդսն։

     Baroyaxawsn asē zoznoy, tʻē yoržam elanē yołkoyzn ortʻoy, arkanē i xonarh zptułn ew spʻṙē i getnin ew inkʻn tʻawali i vera; ew kaṙčʻin ptułkʻn i xočʻsn, ew aṙeal tani jagucʻn iwreancʻ ew tʻołu lok zšruandsn.

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       Physiologus says about the hedgehog, that when it climbs to the bunch of grapes of the vine, it drops the fruits down and scatters them on the ground, and it itself rolls on top, and the grapes stick to its quills, and it takes them to its young and leaves the bunch empty.

2. bunch, cluster of other fruits or flowers growing on a single stalk (e.g. dates)
3. (as an adjective, rare) young, tender, new, fresh
4. (rare) swarm of bees

• Armenian: ողկույզ (oġkuyz)

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