օթ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian օթ (ōtʻ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

օթ (ōtʻ)

  1. (archaic) spending/passing the night
  2. (archaic) sleeping place, lodging, inn

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • օթ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The original spelling is աւթ (awtʻ), a *-ti-derivative of ագ- (ag-, to spend the night), perhaps formed in Proto-Armenian.

Noun[edit]

օթ (ōtʻ)

  1. spending/passing the night
    գնացեալ ընդ անապատ օթս երկուսgnacʻeal ənd anapat ōtʻs erkusjourneying two days in the desert
  2. sleeping place, lodging, inn
    առ օթ դադարել ուրեքaṙ ōtʻ dadarel urekʻto pass the night in a place, to make a halt
    օթ առնելōtʻ aṙnelto stop or stay with, to lodge at
  3. evening
    առ օթaṙ ōtʻtowards dusk, in the evening

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: օթ (ōtʻ)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “օթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “օթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “awt‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 151