վայ
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian վայ (vay).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [vɑj]
Interjection
վայ • (vay)
- cry of distress, woe!; cry of negative amazement
- Վայ, ի՞նչ արեց։ ― Vay, i?nčʿ arecʿ. ― Oh my, what did he do?
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wai. Word-initial *w- usually yields Old Armenian գ- (g-), but this word was immune to the sound change due to its nature.[1][2]
Interjection
վայ • (vay)
Noun
վայ • (vay)
- woe, cry of pain or grief, lament, wail, moans
- վայ զվայիւ աղաղակել, ճիչել ― vay zvayiw ałałakel, čičʿel ― to cry bitterly, to wail, to lament aloud, to deplore, to complain
- արդարեւ վայի են արժանի ― ardarew vayi en aržani ― they are truly unhappy
- disaster, calamity, misfortune
- վայ կարդալ անձին ― vay kardal anjin ― to create misfortunes for oneself
Declension
i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | վայ (vay) | վայք (vaykʿ) | |
| genitive | վայի (vayi) | վայից (vayicʿ) | |
| dative | վայի (vayi) | վայից (vayicʿ) | |
| accusative | վայ (vay) | վայս (vays) | |
| ablative | վայէ (vayē) | վայից (vayicʿ) | |
| instrumental | վայիւ (vayiw) | վայիւք (vayiwkʿ) | |
| locative | վայի (vayi) | վայս (vays) |
Derived terms
- վայեմ (vayem)
- վայասացութիւն (vayasacʿutʿiwn)
- վայումն (vayumn)
Related terms
- գայլ (gayl) (perhaps)
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 1110–1111
- 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, pages 34, 787
Further reading
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “վայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 197
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “վայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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