վուշ

Armenian

վուշ

Etymology

From Old Armenian վուշ (vuš).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /vuʃ/, [vuʃ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /vuʃ/, [vuʃ]

Noun

վուշ • (vuš)

1. flax (plant)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	վուշ (vuš)	վուշեր (vušer)
dative	վուշի (vuši)	վուշերի (vušeri)
ablative	վուշից (vušicʻ)	վուշերից (vušericʻ)
instrumental	վուշով (vušov)	վուշերով (vušerov)
locative	վուշում (vušum)	վուշերում (vušerum)
	definite forms
nominative	վուշը/վուշն (vušə/vušn)	վուշերը/վուշերն (vušerə/vušern)
dative	վուշին (vušin)	վուշերին (vušerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	վուշս (vušs)	վուշերս (vušers)
dative	վուշիս (vušis)	վուշերիս (vušeris)
ablative	վուշիցս (vušicʻs)	վուշերիցս (vušericʻs)
instrumental	վուշովս (vušovs)	վուշերովս (vušerovs)
locative	վուշումս (vušums)	վուշերումս (vušerums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	վուշդ (vušd)	վուշերդ (vušerd)
dative	վուշիդ (vušid)	վուշերիդ (vušerid)
ablative	վուշիցդ (vušicʻd)	վուշերիցդ (vušericʻd)
instrumental	վուշովդ (vušovd)	վուշերովդ (vušerovd)
locative	վուշումդ (vušumd)	վուշերումդ (vušerumd)

Old Armenian

Linum usitatissimum

Etymology

The origin is unknown.

Perhaps connected with Aramaic בּוּצָא (būṣā), Classical Syriac ܒܘܨܐ (būṣā), Hebrew בּוּץ (būṣ), Ancient Greek βύσσος (bússos) and Old Armenian բեհեզ (behez). Also recalls Punic 𐤐𐤔𐤕 (pšt /⁠pišt⁠/, “flax; linen”), Hebrew פֵּשֶׁת (pēšeṯ, “flax; linen”), פִּשְׁתָּה (pištā́, “flax”), Ugaritic 𐎔𐎘𐎚 (pṯt, “linen”), which is not necessarily unrelated. Even more, Persian وش (vaš, “flax or boll thereof; uncleaned cotton; a kind of rich satin or other textile”). If the primitive meaning refers to the seed vessels of flax, then Classical Syriac ܘܐܪܫܐ (wʾršʾ), ܘܪܘܫ (wrwš), ܘܪܝܫܐ (wryšʾ), ܘܪܫܐ (wršʾ), Arabic وَرْس (wars), وُرْس (wurs), وُرُس (wurus), وَرَس (waras, “Flemingia macrophylla, especially its glands”) may be related.

Noun

վուշ • (vuš)

1. flax (plant)
2. tow, hards of flax, flaxen tow, stuffing; oakum
   • 5th century, Bible, Daniel 3.46:

     Եւ ոչ դադարէին որք արկին զնոսա սպասաւորք թագաւորին ի հնոցն բորբոքելոյ նաւթիւ եւ ձիթով եւ վշով եւ որթով:

     Ew očʻ dadarēin orkʻ arkin znosa spasaworkʻ tʻagaworin i hnocʻn borbokʻeloy nawtʻiw ew jitʻov ew všov ew ortʻov:

     • Translation by New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

       Now the king’s servants who threw them in kept stoking the furnace with naphtha, pitch, tow, and brushwood.

Declension

o-type

	singular	plural
nominative	վուշ (vuš)	վուշք (vuškʻ)
genitive	վշոյ (všoy)	վշոց (všocʻ)
dative	վշոյ (všoy)	վշոց (všocʻ)
accusative	վուշ (vuš)	վուշս (vušs)
ablative	վշոյ (všoy)	վշոց (všocʻ)
instrumental	վշով (všov)	վշովք (všovkʻ)
locative	վուշ (vuš)	վուշս (vušs)

Derived terms

• վշագործ (všagorc)

Descendants

• Armenian: վուշ (vuš)
• → Romani: vuš

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վուշ”, 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) “վուշ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 947
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վուշ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy