# վազ
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Middle Armenian վազ (vaz), from Old Armenian վազ (vaz).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /vɑz/, [vɑz]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /vɑz/, [vɑz]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Noun

վազ • (vaz)
* (dialectal) run, running (the act of running)
* (dialectal) vine shoot
* (originally only dialectal) vine, grapevine
    Synonym: որթ (ortʻ)

#### Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | վազ (vaz) | վազեր (vazer) |
| dative | վազի (vazi) | վազերի (vazeri) |
| ablative | վազից (vazicʻ) | վազերից (vazericʻ) |
| instrumental | վազով (vazov) | վազերով (vazerov) |
| locative | վազում (vazum) | վազերում (vazerum) |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | վազը/վազն (vazə/vazn) | վազերը/վազերն (vazerə/vazern) |
| dative | վազին (vazin) | վազերին (vazerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | վազս (vazs) | վազերս (vazers) |
| dative | վազիս (vazis) | վազերիս (vazeris) |
| ablative | վազիցս (vazicʻs) | վազերիցս (vazericʻs) |
| instrumental | վազովս (vazovs) | վազերովս (vazerovs) |
| locative | վազումս (vazums) | վազերումս (vazerums) |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | վազդ (vazd) | վազերդ (vazerd) |
| dative | վազիդ (vazid) | վազերիդ (vazerid) |
| ablative | վազիցդ (vazicʻd) | վազերիցդ (vazericʻd) |
| instrumental | վազովդ (vazovd) | վազերովդ (vazerovd) |
| locative | վազումդ (vazumd) | վազերումդ (vazerumd) |

### References

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “վազ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 990a
* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 293b

## Middle Armenian
### Etymology

From Old Armenian վազ (vaz, “leap, jump, springing forward; run, running”). The basic sense is "something that has sprung forward, new shoot". Compare Russian побе́г (pobég) from бежа́ть (bežátʹ), English sprout (“to spring up; new growth on a plant”) for similar formations. The sense "shoot (of vine)" must have existed already in Old Armenian, from which Old Georgian ვაზი (vazi, “shoot”) was borrowed.

### Noun

վազ • (vaz)
* shoot (of vine)
** 12–13th century, Vardan Aygekcʻi, Žołovacʻoykʻ aṙakacʻ Vardanay [Collections of Fables of Vardan] : […] և կտրեց զխախողին վազն և կուժն լցեց գինով […] նուռն զթափսին այլ չէր լնուլ և վազն՝ զկուժն […] […] ew ktrecʻ zxaxoġin vazn ew kužn lcʻecʻ ginov […] nuṙn ztʻapʻsin ayl čʻēr lnul ew vazn, zkužn […]

#### Descendants

* Armenian: վազ (vaz)

### References

* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “վազ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 293b, based on a personal communication from Manuk Abeghian
* ↑ Džaukjan, G. B. (1967) Очерки по истории дописьменного периода армянского языка [An Outline of the History of the Pre-Literary Period of the Armenian Language]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 264
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “վազ II”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 701a
* ↑ Hovhannisyan, L. Š. (2018) Grabari baṙapašari imastayin xmberi kʻnnutʻyun (III mas). Xaġoġagorcutʻyun-ginegorcutʻyun [Study of semantic groups of Old Armenian vocabulary (Part III): Viticulture and winemaking]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 13
* ↑ Марр, Н. (1894) Сборники притч Вардана. Часть II. Тексты [Collections of Vardan's fables. Part II. Texts], Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, § 172, page 207

### Further reading

* Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “վազ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 693
* Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “վազ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 724a

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

Deverbal from վազեմ (vazem)

### Noun

վազ • (vaz)
* leap, jump, springing forward; run, running
    ի վազ, վազ առ վազ ― i vaz, vaz aṙ vaz ― swiftly, at full speed; by fits and starts
    վազս առնուլ ― vazs aṙnul ― to run, to gallop, to gambol, to frisk about, to play antics
* palpitation of the heart

#### Descendants

* Middle Armenian: վազ (vaz)
** Armenian: վազ (vaz)
* → Armenian: վազք (vazkʻ) (learned)
* → Old Georgian: ვაზი (vazi, “vine shoot”)
** Georgian: ვაზი (vazi)
*** → Bats: ვაზ (vaz, “grapevine”)
*** → Hinukh: вази (vazi, “grapevine”)
** → Svan: ღუ̂ა̈ზ (ɣûäz)

### References

* ↑ Schmidt, Karl Horst (1962) Studien zur Rekonstruktion des Lautstandes der südkaukasischen Grundsprache (Abhandlungen für die Kunde des Morgenlandes; XXXIV, 3)‎ (in German), Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, page 73

### Further reading

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