հաճոյք

Old Armenian

Etymology

Formed as հաճոյ (hačoy) +‎ -ք (-kʻ) or as հաճ (hač) +‎ -ոյք (-oykʻ).

Noun

հաճոյք • (hačoykʻ) pl

1. will, pleasure, good will, willingness; caprice, humour, fancy, whim

   ըստ հաճոյս ― əst hačoys ― at one's will or pleasure, according to, at sight, at discretion; negligently, carelessly

   ըստ հաճոյից նորա ― əst hačoyicʻ nora ― according to his caprice

   գործել ըստ հաճոյս ― gorcel əst hačoys ― to do according to one's liking, fancy or humour, to follow one's own bent, to listen to nobody

   անձնատուր լինել ի հաճոյս ուրուք ― anjnatur linel i hačoys urukʻ ― to abandon oneself entirely to another's caprice or discretion

   այր իւրաքանչիւր զհաճոյս առաջի աչաց իւրոց առնէր ― ayr iwrakʻančʻiwr zhačoys aṙaǰi ačʻacʻ iwrocʻ aṙnēr ― every man did that which was right in his own eyes

Declension

i-type

	plural only (plurale tantum)
nominative	հաճոյք (hačoykʻ)
genitive	հաճոյից (hačoyicʻ)
dative	հաճոյից (hačoyicʻ)
accusative	հաճոյս (hačoys)
ablative	հաճոյից (hačoyicʻ)
instrumental	հաճոյիւք (hačoyiwkʻ)
locative	հաճոյս (hačoys)

Descendants

• Armenian: հաճույք (hačuykʻ)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հաճոյք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հաճոյք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy