մէզ

Old Armenian

From Proto-Indo-European *h₃moyǵʰos or *h₃meyǵʰos, from *h₃meyǵʰ- (“urinate”). A borrowing from the Iranian cognate has also been suggested: compare Avestan 𐬨𐬀𐬉𐬰𐬀 (maēza, “urine”) and Northern Kurdish mîz (“urine”).

մէզ • (mēz)

o-type

i-a-type or i-type

	singular	plural
nominative	մէզ (mēz)	մէզք (mēzkʻ)
genitive	միզի (mizi)	?
dative	միզի (mizi)	?
accusative	մէզ (mēz)	մէզս (mēzs)
ablative	միզէ (mizē)	?
instrumental	?	?
locative	միզի (mizi)	մէզս (mēzs)
the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մէզ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 312ab
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մէզ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մէզ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy