պէտ

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See also: պետ

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄ʾyt' /⁠abāyēd⁠/, “it is necessary, fitting; must”), Persian باید (bâyad).

Noun[edit]

պէտ • (pēt) indeclinable

  1. need, necessity
    պէտ առնել ― pēt aṙnel ― to take care, to care, to do the needful or necessary
    պէտ լինել ― pēt linel ― to be necessary
    թէ պէտ իցէ ― tʻē pēt icʻē ― if need be
    ո եւ պէտ ― o ew pēt ― whoever, whosoever
    որչափ պէտ ― orčʻapʻ pēt ― as much as you will or wish
    պէտ է ― pēt ē ― it must be, it is necessary
    չէ պէտ ― čʻē pēt ― it need not be, it is unnecessary
    չեն ինչ ինձ պէտ աղօթք ― čʻen inčʻ inj pēt ałōtʻkʻ ― I do not want prayers
    ինձ ոչ է պէտ զայնմանէ ― inj očʻ ē pēt zaynmanē ― I care not about
    ում եւ պէտ ― um ew pēt ― useless, worthless, futile, flimsy; whatever, whatsoever; uselessly
    պէտք մարմնոյ ― pētkʻ marmnoy ― needs, jobs, going to stool
    նստիլ ի պէտս, վճարել զպէտս մարմնոյն ― nstil i pēts, včarel zpēts marmnoyn ― to go to stool, to evacuate the bowels
    ի պէտս ― i pēts ― for use or service; for
    յի՞նչ պէտս ― yi?nčʻ pēts ― for what use or purpose? why?
    պէտք կենաց ― pētkʻ kenacʻ ― the necessities of life
    պէտք են, պէտք է, ի պէտս է ― pētkʻ en, pētkʻ ē, i pēts ē ― it must, it is necessary
    չեն պէտք ― čʻen pētkʻ ― it must not, it is not necessary
    յոչինչ պէտս ― yočʻinčʻ pēts ― in vain, uselessly
    պէտք յանձին ունել ― pētkʻ yanjin unel ― to have care, to be concerned, to reck
    պէտս ունել ― pēts unel ― to want, to need, to be or to stand in want of
    ի պէտս գալ ― i pēts gal ― to be useful or serviceable
    պէտս առնել, պիտօք վարիլ ― pēts aṙnel, pitōkʻ varil ― to use, to make use for, to avail oneself of
    պէտս ունել զիմեքէ ― pēts unel zimekʻē ― to devote or apply oneself to
    զպէտս հոգւոյն հատուցանել / վճարել Տեառն ― zpēts hogwoyn hatucʻanel / včarel Teaṙn ― to breathe one's last, to die
    պէտս ունիմ / պէտս են ինձ երթալ ― pēts unim / pēts en inj ertʻal ― I must go

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: պետք (petkʻ)

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պէտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 79–80
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պէտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պէտք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 542
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “պէտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 636ab
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 905
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պէտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պէտք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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