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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian որս (ors).
Pronunciation
Noun
որս • (ors)
- hunt, hunting, catching, chase
- game
- catch, take, prey
Declension
Derived terms
Old Armenian
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *porḱos (“fishing”), with the only surviving cognate being Ancient Greek πόρκος (pórkos, “fishing net”). The sense of “fishing” must have become more general in Armenian. Dialectal հորս (hors) still preserves the initial *p-.
Noun
որս • (ors)
- chase, hunting, hunt, sport
- զբօսանք որսոյ ― zbōsankʻ orsoy ― field-sports
- եղանակ որսոյ ― ełanak orsoy ― shooting-season
- այր հմուտ որսոյ ― ayr hmut orsoy ― skilful hunter, a good sportsman, a mighty huntsman
- որս ձկանց ― ors jkancʻ ― fishing, fishery
- որս թռչնոց ― ors tʻṙčʻnocʻ ― shooting, fowling
- որս աղուեսուց ― ors ałuesucʻ ― fox-hunting
- որս վագերց ― ors vagercʻ ― tiger-hunting
- որս հեծանել ― ors hecanel ― to go a hunting or shooting
- յորս ածել ― yors acel ― to shoot wild beasts
- prey; venison, game
- պահապան որսոյ ― pahapan orsoy ― game-keeper
- bait, lure
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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որս (ors)
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որսք (orskʻ)
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| genitive
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որսոյ (orsoy)
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որսոց (orsocʻ)
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| dative
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որսոյ (orsoy)
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որսոց (orsocʻ)
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| accusative
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որս (ors)
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որսս (orss)
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| ablative
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որսոյ (orsoy)
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որսոց (orsocʻ)
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| instrumental
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որսով (orsov)
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որսովք (orsovkʻ)
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| locative
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որս (ors)
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որսս (orss)
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “որս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “որս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “որս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press