թաթ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian թաթ (tʻatʻ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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թաթ (tʻatʻ)

  1. paw
  2. hand; foot
  3. scale (either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales)

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative թաթ (tʻatʻ) թաթեր (tʻatʻer)
dative թաթի (tʻatʻi) թաթերի (tʻatʻeri)
ablative թաթից (tʻatʻicʻ) թաթերից (tʻatʻericʻ)
instrumental թաթով (tʻatʻov) թաթերով (tʻatʻerov)
locative թաթում (tʻatʻum) թաթերում (tʻatʻerum)
definite forms
nominative թաթը/թաթն (tʻatʻə/tʻatʻn) թաթերը/թաթերն (tʻatʻerə/tʻatʻern)
dative թաթին (tʻatʻin) թաթերին (tʻatʻerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative թաթս (tʻatʻs) թաթերս (tʻatʻers)
dative թաթիս (tʻatʻis) թաթերիս (tʻatʻeris)
ablative թաթիցս (tʻatʻicʻs) թաթերիցս (tʻatʻericʻs)
instrumental թաթովս (tʻatʻovs) թաթերովս (tʻatʻerovs)
locative թաթումս (tʻatʻums) թաթերումս (tʻatʻerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative թաթդ (tʻatʻd) թաթերդ (tʻatʻerd)
dative թաթիդ (tʻatʻid) թաթերիդ (tʻatʻerid)
ablative թաթիցդ (tʻatʻicʻd) թաթերիցդ (tʻatʻericʻd)
instrumental թաթովդ (tʻatʻovd) թաթերովդ (tʻatʻerovd)
locative թաթումդ (tʻatʻumd) թաթերումդ (tʻatʻerumd)

Synonyms

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Ačaṙean and Olsen leave the origin open.

J̌ahukyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g-t-, enlarged from the root *teh₂g- (to touch), whence Latin tangō (to touch) and tālus (ankle; heel), etc. (see also թակարդ (tʻakard)). Alternatively, according to him we may be dealing with a Lallwort with parallels in Indo-European and non-Indo-European languages; compare German Tatze and Romanian talpă with their many relations.

Noun

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թաթ (tʻatʻ)

  1. sole (of the foot); palm (of the hand)
    թաթ ոտիցtʻatʻ oticʻfoot; the sole of the foot
    թաթ կենդանեացtʻatʻ kendaneacʻpaw, claw, talon
    թաթ երկաթիtʻatʻ erkatʻigauntlet
    • 5th century, Bible, Deuteronomy 28.35:
      Հարցէ զքեզ Տէր չարաչար կեղով ի ծունկս եւ ի սրունս, եւ ոչ կարասցես բժշկել ի թաթից ոտից քոց մինչեւ ցգլուխ քո։
      Harcʻē zkʻez Tēr čʻaračʻar kełov i cunks ew i sruns, ew očʻ karascʻes bžškel i tʻatʻicʻ oticʻ kʻocʻ minčʻew cʻglux kʻo.
      The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
    • 5th? century, Movsēs Xorenacʻi, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] 3.53:
      Եւ տեսանէ ոչ ի քուն երազ եւ ոչ յարթնութեան տեսիլ, այլ ի սրտին գործարանի երեւութացեալ հոգւոյն աչաց թաթ ձեռին աջոյ՝ գրելով ի վերայ վիմի []
      Ew tesanē očʻ i kʻun eraz ew očʻ yartʻnutʻean tesil, ayl i srtin gorcarani erewutʻacʻeal hogwoyn ačʻacʻ tʻatʻ jeṙin aǰoy, grelov i veray vimi []
      • 1978 translation by Robert W. Thompson
        And he saw not a dream in sleep, not a vision while awake, but in the depths of his heart there appeared to the eyes of his soul a right hand writing on rock []
    • Čaṙəntir [Miscellanies cited by NHB] :
      Առիւծքն թաթիւքն զոտսն մաքրէին [սրբոյն] []
      Aṙiwckʻn tʻatʻiwkʻn zotsn makʻrēin [srboyn] []
      The lions were cleaning the feet [of the saint] with paws []
  2. (post-Classical) scale (either of the pans, trays, or dishes of a balance or scales)
    թաթ կշռոցtʻatʻ kšṙocʻscale
  3. (post-Classical) pouch of the sling

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: թաթ (tʻatʻ)
  • Georgian: თათი (tati)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թաթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “թաթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 790ab
  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “թաթ”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 316b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թաթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 137
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 409
  • 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 940
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “թաթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 253