հիւթ
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *sipto-, grown from *seyp-, *seyb- (“to pour, rain, sift”). Cognates include Ancient Greek τρύγ-οιπος (trúg-oipos, “strainingcloth for wine”), εἴβω (eíbō, “to drop”), Old English sipian (English seep).
Noun
հիւթ • (hiwtʻ)
- element, matter
- humour; moisture; succulence
- հիւթ պտղոց ― hiwtʻ ptłocʻ ― juice; syrup
- հիւթ բուսոց ― hiwtʻ busocʻ ― sap
- հիւթ մսոյ ― hiwtʻ msoy ― gravy
- հիւթ փորոտեաց ― hiwtʻ pʻoroteacʻ ― intestinal juices
- հիւթ ստամոքային ― hiwtʻ stamokʻayin ― gastric juice
- ապակային հիւթ ― apakayin hiwtʻ ― vitreous humour
- (figuratively) essence, substance, nature
- (figuratively) enthusiasm, zeal
Declension
o-type
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | հիւթ (hiwtʻ) | հիւթք (hiwtʻkʻ) | |
genitive | հիւթոյ (hiwtʻoy) | հիւթոց (hiwtʻocʻ) | |
dative | հիւթոյ (hiwtʻoy) | հիւթոց (hiwtʻocʻ) | |
accusative | հիւթ (hiwtʻ) | հիւթս (hiwtʻs) | |
ablative | հիւթոյ (hiwtʻoy) | հիւթոց (hiwtʻocʻ) | |
instrumental | հիւթով (hiwtʻov) | հիւթովք (hiwtʻovkʻ) | |
locative | հիւթ (hiwtʻ) | հիւթս (hiwtʻs) |
i-type
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | հիւթ (hiwtʻ) | հիւթք (hiwtʻkʻ) | |
genitive | հիւթի (hiwtʻi) | հիւթից (hiwtʻicʻ) | |
dative | հիւթի (hiwtʻi) | հիւթից (hiwtʻicʻ) | |
accusative | հիւթ (hiwtʻ) | հիւթս (hiwtʻs) | |
ablative | հիւթէ (hiwtʻē) | հիւթից (hiwtʻicʻ) | |
instrumental | հիւթիւ (hiwtʻiw) | հիւթիւք (hiwtʻiwkʻ) | |
locative | հիւթի (hiwtʻi) | հիւթս (hiwtʻs) | |
post-classical |
Derived terms
- անհիւթ (anhiwtʻ)
- անհիւթական (anhiwtʻakan)
- անհիւթակիր (anhiwtʻakir)
- հիւթաբեր (hiwtʻaber)
- հիւթական (hiwtʻakan)
- հիւթականութիւն (hiwtʻakanutʻiwn)
Descendants
- Armenian: հյութ (hyutʻ)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հիւթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հիւթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հիւթ”, 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) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 409