գաւիթ
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The origin is unknown.[1][2][3][4] Has been compared to Ossetian кауӕ (kawæ) / кау (kaw, “wattle fence”),[5] on which see Abaev[6] and ESIJa.[7]
Noun
[edit]գաւիթ • (gawitʻ)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | գաւիթ (gawitʻ) | գաւիթք (gawitʻkʻ) |
| genitive | գաւթի (gawtʻi) | գաւթից (gawtʻicʻ) |
| dative | գաւթի (gawtʻi) | գաւթից (gawtʻicʻ) |
| accusative | գաւիթ (gawitʻ) | գաւիթս (gawitʻs) |
| ablative | գաւթէ (gawtʻē) | գաւթից (gawtʻicʻ) |
| instrumental | գաւթիւ (gawtʻiw) | գաւթիւք (gawtʻiwkʻ) |
| locative | գաւթի (gawtʻi) | գաւիթս (gawitʻs) |
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | գաւիթ (gawitʻ) | գաւիթք (gawitʻkʻ) |
| genitive | գաւթի (gawtʻi) | գաւթաց (gawtʻacʻ) |
| dative | գաւթի (gawtʻi) | գաւթաց (gawtʻacʻ) |
| accusative | գաւիթ (gawitʻ) | գաւիթս (gawitʻs) |
| ablative | գաւթէ (gawtʻē) | գաւթաց (gawtʻacʻ) |
| instrumental | գաւթաւ (gawtʻaw) | գաւթաւք = գաւթօք (gawtʻawkʻ = gawtʻōkʻ) |
| locative | գաւթի (gawtʻi) | գաւիթս (gawitʻs) |
Derived terms
[edit]- մակագաւիթ (makagawitʻ)
- սրովբէագաւիթ (srovbēagawitʻ)
- վայրագաւիթ (vayragawitʻ)
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: գավիթ (gavitʻ)
References
[edit]- ^ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 126–127
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաւիթ”, 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, page 528
- ^ 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 951
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “գաւիթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 153a
- ^ Bailey, H. W. (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica[1], volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 465a of 459–465
- ^ Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 573–574
- ^ Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 355
Further reading
[edit]- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գաւիթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաւիթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy