հաճոյք

Old Armenian

Etymology

Formed as հաճոյ (hačoy) +‎ -ք (-kʻ) or as հաճ (hač) +‎ -ոյք (-oykʻ).

Noun

հաճոյք • (hačoykʻ) pl

  1. will, pleasure, good will, willingness; caprice, humour, fancy, whim
    ըստ հաճոյս ― əst hačoys ― at one's will or pleasure, according to, at sight, at discretion; negligently, carelessly
    ըստ հաճոյից նորա ― əst hačoyicʻ nora ― according to his caprice
    գործել ըստ հաճոյս ― gorcel əst hačoys ― to do according to one's liking, fancy or humour, to follow one's own bent, to listen to nobody
    անձնատուր լինել ի հաճոյս ուրուք ― anjnatur linel i hačoys urukʻ ― to abandon oneself entirely to another's caprice or discretion
    այր իւրաքանչիւր զհաճոյս առաջի աչաց իւրոց առնէր ― ayr iwrakʻančʻiwr zhačoys aṙaǰi ačʻacʻ iwrocʻ aṙnēr ― every man did that which was right in his own eyes

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: հաճույք (hačuykʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հաճոյք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հաճոյք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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