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հիւս

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Old Armenian

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from հիւսեմ (hiwsem).

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Noun

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հիւս (hiws)

  1. plait, tress, braid (of hair)
    դեղձան հիւսքdełjan hiwskʻgolden tresses
    հիւսք մազաց, հիւսք հերացhiwskʻ mazacʻ, hiwskʻ heracʻtress or lock of hair, tresses, plait of hair
  2. texture, tissue
  3. intertwining, interweaving, wreathing
  4. knit
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  • Armenian: հյուս (hyus)

Etymology 2

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From հիւս (hiws, plait), հիւսեմ (hiwsem, to weave, plait), the idea of the abundance of snow expressed through ‘weaving, plaiting’.

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Noun

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հիւս (hiws)

  1. avalanche
    հիւս ձեանhiws jeanavalanche, snow-slip
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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հիւս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հիւս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հիւս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 411