խաւարչուտ
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]խաւար (xawar) + -իչ (-ičʻ) + -ուտ (-ut)
Adjective
[edit]խաւարչուտ • (xawarčʻut)
- obscure, gloomy, dark
- murky, misty, foggy
- (as a noun) darkness
- ի խաւարչտի ― i xawarčʻti ― in the darkness or obscurity
Declension
[edit]i-a-type or i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | խաւարչուտ (xawarčʻut) | խաւարչուտք (xawarčʻutkʻ) | |
| genitive | խաւարչուտի (xawarčʻuti) | ? | |
| dative | խաւարչուտի (xawarčʻuti) | ? | |
| accusative | խաւարչուտ (xawarčʻut) | խաւարչուտս (xawarčʻuts) | |
| ablative | խաւարչուտէ (xawarčʻutē) | ? | |
| instrumental | ? | ? | |
| locative | խաւարչուտի (xawarčʻuti) | խաւարչուտս (xawarčʻuts) | |
| the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension | |||
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: խավարչուտ (xavarčʻut)
References
[edit]- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խաւարչուտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խաւարչուտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-չուտ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48