հիւս

From the root of հիւսեմ (hiwsem).

• հեւս (hews)

հիւս • (hiws)

1. plait, tress, braid (of hair)

   դեղձան հիւսք ― dełjan hiwskʿ ― golden tresses

   հիւսք մազաց, հիւսք հերաց ― hiwskʿ mazacʿ, hiwskʿ heracʿ ― tress or lock of hair, tresses, plait of hair

2. texture, tissue
3. intertwining, interweaving, wreathing
4. knit

• Armenian: հյուս (hyus)

From հիւս (hiws, “plait”), հիւսեմ (hiwsem, “to weave, plait”), the idea of the abundance of snow expressed through ‘weaving, plaiting’.

• հոսի (hosi), հոս (hos), հոսին (hosin), ուսի (usi), ուսին (usin)

հիւս • (hiws)

1. avalanche

   հիւս ձեան ― hiws jean ― avalanche, snow-slip

• Armenian: հյուս (hyus)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հիւս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հիւս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հիւս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 411