յետին
Old Armenian
Etymology
Adjective
յետին • (yetin)
- last, furthest, ulterior, posterior
- յետին օր ― yetin ōr ― the day of judgment, doomsday
- յետին կողմն ― yetin kołmn ― poop, stern on a ship
- lowest, meanest
- (figuratively) extreme, utmost, greatest, utter, uttermost
- յետին չքաւորութիւն ― yetin čʻkʻaworutʻiwn ― utter misery, extreme poverty
- յետին կարօտութիւն ― yetin karōtutʻiwn ― extreme need
- (as a noun) the end, the extremity
- (as a noun, in the plural) posterity
Declension
o-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | յետին (yetin) | յետինք (yetinkʻ) | |
| genitive | յետնոյ (yetnoy) | յետնոց (yetnocʻ) | |
| dative | յետնոյ (yetnoy) | յետնոց (yetnocʻ) | |
| accusative | յետին (yetin) | յետինս (yetins) | |
| ablative | յետնոյ (yetnoy) | յետնոց (yetnocʻ) | |
| instrumental | յետնով (yetnov) | յետնովք (yetnovkʻ) | |
| locative | յետնում (yetnum) | յետինս (yetins) | |
| note the unusual locative with -մ (-m) | |||
Descendants
- Armenian: հետին (hetin)
References
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յետին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian][1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 71
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յետին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy