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գիւտ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *wid-ti-, from *weyd-.

Noun

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գիւտ (giwt)

  1. the act of finding something lost
    առ չգիւտaṙ čʻgiwtfor the want of
    գիւտք ձկանցgiwtkʻ jkancʻfishing
    գիւտ որսոյgiwt orsoyhunting
    ի գիւտ ածելi giwt acelto invent
    ի գիւտ ածիլi giwt acilto be invented
    գիւտք որովայնիgiwtkʻ orovaynitape-worm
  2. artifice, trick
  3. a found thing, invention, discovery
    չքնաղ գիւտքčʻkʻnał giwtkʻfine or rare inventions or discoveries
  4. profit
  5. salvation
    եղիցի քեզ անձն քո ի գիւտսełicʻi kʻez anjn kʻo i giwtsyou will save your soul
  6. finder

Declension

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i-type
singular plural
nominative գիւտ (giwt) գիւտք (giwtkʻ)
genitive գիւտի (giwti) գիւտից (giwticʻ)
dative գիւտի (giwti) գիւտից (giwticʻ)
accusative գիւտ (giwt) գիւտս (giwts)
ablative գիւտէ (giwtē) գիւտից (giwticʻ)
instrumental գիւտիւ (giwtiw) գիւտիւք (giwtiwkʻ)
locative գիւտի (giwti) գիւտս (giwts)

the singular genitive can also be գիւտոյ (giwtoy)

Adjective

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գիւտ (giwt)

  1. findable

Declension

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i-type
singular plural
nominative գիւտ (giwt) գիւտք (giwtkʻ)
genitive գիւտի (giwti) գիւտից (giwticʻ)
dative գիւտի (giwti) գիւտից (giwticʻ)
accusative գիւտ (giwt) գիւտս (giwts)
ablative գիւտէ (giwtē) գիւտից (giwticʻ)
instrumental գիւտիւ (giwtiw) գիւտիւք (giwtiwkʻ)
locative գիւտի (giwti) գիւտս (giwts)

the singular genitive can also be գիւտոյ (giwtoy)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: գյուտ (gyut)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գիւտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գիւտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գիւտ”, 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 216