# մոզ
## Armenian
### Etymology

A dialectal word not attested in Old or Middle Armenian literature.
J̌ahukyan considers this a lexical archaism and with Old Armenian մժեխ (mžex) and մուն (mun) derives from Proto-Indo-European *mū-, *mus-, among the cognates comparing especially Albanian myzë, mizë (“fly”). See Pokorny for this root.
But most likely a borrowing from Northern Kurdish moz. The borrowing is from Kurdish into Armenian and not vice versa in view of the lack of attestation in old literature, unexplained -զ (-z), relatively limited distribution in Armenian dialects, richer meanings found in Kurdish and probable native Iranian etymology of moz.
The idiomatic sense մոզ անել (moz anel) is borrowed from Northern Kurdish moz kirin (“(of cattle) to fly into a rage as a result of horsefly biting”).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /moz/, [moz]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /moz/, [moz]

### Noun

մոզ • (moz)
* (dialectal, Ararat, Van, Mush, Nor Bayazet, Sasun, Kharberd) a kind of fly that bites horses and cattle
    Synonym: գոռեխ (goṙex)
    մոզ անել ― moz anel ― (of cattle) to shy, run away in fear due to a bite; (figuratively, of humans) to shirk work

#### Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian) :
| | singular | plural |
| nominative | մոզ (moz) | մոզեր (mozer) |
| dative | մոզի (mozi) | մոզերի (mozeri) |
| ablative | մոզից (mozicʻ) | մոզերից (mozericʻ) |
| instrumental | մոզով (mozov) | մոզերով (mozerov) |
| locative | — | — |
| | definite forms | definite forms |
| nominative | մոզը/մոզն (mozə/mozn) | մոզերը/մոզերն (mozerə/mozern) |
| dative | մոզին (mozin) | մոզերին (mozerin) |
| | 1st person possessive forms (my) | 1st person possessive forms (my) |
| nominative | մոզս (mozs) | մոզերս (mozers) |
| dative | մոզիս (mozis) | մոզերիս (mozeris) |
| ablative | մոզիցս (mozicʻs) | մոզերիցս (mozericʻs) |
| instrumental | մոզովս (mozovs) | մոզերովս (mozerovs) |
| locative | — | — |
| | 2nd person possessive forms (your) | 2nd person possessive forms (your) |
| nominative | մոզդ (mozd) | մոզերդ (mozerd) |
| dative | մոզիդ (mozid) | մոզերիդ (mozerid) |
| ablative | մոզիցդ (mozicʻd) | մոզերիցդ (mozericʻd) |
| instrumental | մոզովդ (mozovd) | մոզերովդ (mozerovd) |
| locative | — | — |

#### Derived terms

* մոզոտել (mozotel)
* մոզտկել (moztkel)
* մոզռիլ (mozṙil)

### References

* ↑ 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 256
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1972) Hay barbaṙagitutʻyan neracutʻyun [Introduction into Armenian Dialectology]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 330
* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 752

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “մոզ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 789b
* Adjarian, H. (1909–1911) “Recueil de mots kurdes en dialecte de Novo-Bayazet [Compendium of Kurdish Words in the Nor Bayazet Dialect]”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume XVI, page 361a
* Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “բոռեղ”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 114
* Amatuni, Sahak (1912) “մոզ անել”, in Hayocʻ baṙ u ban [Armenian Words and Idioms] (in Armenian), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, pages 485–486
* Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “մոզ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 352bc
* Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2007), “մոզ²”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 71a