բութ

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Armenian

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

Dialectal development of Old Armenian բոյթ (boytʻ).

Alternative forms

Noun

բութ (butʻ)

  1. (anatomy) thumb
Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian բութ (butʻ).

Adjective

բութ (butʻ) (superlative ամենաբութ)

  1. stupid, slow-witted, obtuse
  2. dull, blunt, not sharp
    Synonym: գուլ (gul)
  3. (geometry, of an angle) obtuse
    Antonym: սուր (sur)
Declension
Derived terms

Noun

բութ (butʻ)

  1. The ՝ sign, also called Armenian comma, which is used in Armenian to indicate a pause longer than a ստորակետ (storaket, comma) and shorter than a միջակետ (miǰaket) or վերջակետ (verǰaket, period/full stop).
Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Ačaṙyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *bʰut-, with cognates only in Germanic: Dutch bot, Danish but, Low German butt (blunt, clumsy), etc.[1][2] For the Germanic cognates see *buttaz.

Adjective

բութ (butʻ)

  1. stupid, slow-witted, obtuse
  2. dull, blunt, not sharp
  3. (of accent) grave
  4. (geometry, of an angle) obtuse

Declension

Noun

բութ (butʻ)

  1. the ՝ punctuation mark, also called Armenian grave accent

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: բութ (butʻ)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բութ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 479–480

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