Դաւիթ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Ultimately from Hebrew דוד (Davíd). The final -թ (-tʻ) instead of -դ (-d) is unexplained, but compare Georgian დავითი (daviti), also with a t.

Proper noun

Դաւիթ • (Dawitʻ)

1. David (Biblical figure)
2. a male given name

Declension

a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Դաւիթ (Dawitʻ)
genitive	Դաւթայ (Dawtʻay)
dative	Դաւթայ (Dawtʻay)
accusative	Դաւիթ (Dawitʻ)
ablative	Դաւթայ (Dawtʻay)
instrumental	Դաւթաւ (Dawtʻaw)
locative	Դաւիթ (Dawitʻ)

i-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Դաւիթ (Dawitʻ)
genitive	Դաւթի (Dawtʻi)
dative	Դաւթի (Dawtʻi)
accusative	Դաւիթ (Dawitʻ)
ablative	Դաւթէ (Dawtʻē)
instrumental	Դաւթիւ (Dawtʻiw)
locative	Դաւթի (Dawtʻi)

Derived terms

• Դավթուկ (Davtʻuk)
• Դավթակ (Davtʻak)

Descendants

• Armenian: Դավիթ (Davitʻ)

References

• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Դաւիթ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press