իժ

From Old Armenian իժ (iž).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /iʒ/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /iʒ/,

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իժ • (iž)

1. viper
2. any snake
3. (figuratively) cruel, wicked person

• իւժ (iwž)

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁(e)gʷʰ-y-ós, from *h₁ógʷʰis, *h₃égʷʰis (“snake”).

իժ • (iž)

1. viper
   • 5th century, with changes and additions in later centuries, Baroyaxōs Earliest recension (TR).13.2:^[1]

     Բարոյախաւսն ասէ զիժէ, թէ յորժամ արուն ընդ իգին լինի, ընդ բերանն իգանայ

     Baroyaxawsn asē zižē, tʻē yoržam arun ənd igin lini, ənd berann iganay

     • Translation by Gohar Muradyan

       Physiologus says about the viper, that when the male has intercourse with the female, it has intercourse through the mouth.

• In the Physiologus, translates Ancient Greek ἔχιδνα (ékhidna).

իժ • (iž)

1. (figuratively) malicious like a viper

• Armenian: իժ (iž)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “իժ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “իժ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 300
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “իժ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy