հետև

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Armenian յետեւ (yetew), from Old Armenian *յետեաւ (*yeteaw), instrumental formation from յետի (yeti), from յետ (yet).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

հետև (hetew)

  1. the backside, the rear part
    Synonym: ետեւ (etew)
  2. (euphemistic) butt
    Synonyms: ետեւ (etew), հետույք (hetuykʻ)

Declension

Adverb

հետև (hetew)

  1. (dialectal) then, afterwards
    Synonym: հետո (heto)

Postposition

հետև (hetew)

  1. behind
    տան հետեւtan hetewbehind the house
    Synonym: ետեւ (etew)

References

  1. ^ Karst, Josef (1901) Historische Grammatik des Kilikisch-Armenischen (in German), Karl J. Trübner: Strassburg, page 72