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ցոյց

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewsḱ-, grown from *(s)kewh₁- (to perceive; to observe).

Noun

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ցոյց (cʻoycʻ)

  1. show, indication, example
    ցոյցս առնելcʻoycʻs aṙnelto show, to show off, to make parade or display of, to display
    առնել ինչ ի ցոյցս մարդկանaṙnel inčʻ i cʻoycʻs mardkanto do any thing so as to be seen of men, ostentatiously, for mere show, to obtain applause fraudulently
    ցոյց բարեկամութեանcʻoycʻ barekamutʻeanshow of friendship
    ցոյց մեծարանացcʻoycʻ mecaranacʻdemonstration of respect
    ի ցոյց, ի ցոյցս, ի ցոյցս ինչi cʻoycʻ, i cʻoycʻs, i cʻoycʻs inčʻonly for show, for pretence, for ostentation
  2. proof
    հաստատուն ցոյցhastatun cʻoycʻplain proof
  3. spectacle, laughing-stock, butt
    լինել ի ցոյցսlinel i cʻoycʻsto be exposed to mockery or contempt, to be the laughing-stock, the butt of
    զոմանս ցոյց առնել ի խրատ այլոցzomans cʻoycʻ aṙnel i xrat aylocʻto hold up to opprobrium for example to others

Declension

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i-type
singular plural
nominative ցոյց (cʻoycʻ) ցոյցք (cʻoycʻkʻ)
genitive ցուցի (cʻucʻi) ցուցից (cʻucʻicʻ)
dative ցուցի (cʻucʻi) ցուցից (cʻucʻicʻ)
accusative ցոյց (cʻoycʻ) ցոյցս (cʻoycʻs)
ablative ցուցէ (cʻucʻē) ցուցից (cʻucʻicʻ)
instrumental ցուցիւ (cʻucʻiw) ցուցիւք (cʻucʻiwkʻ)
locative ցուցի (cʻucʻi) ցոյցս (cʻoycʻs)

the evidence for i-declension is post-classical

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ցույց (cʻuycʻ)

References

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