կիւ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wo- (“pitch”) and cognate with Old Irish bí (“pitch”), Proto-Slavic *živica. Ultimately from either Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”), because pitch is the plant’s ‘living material’, or *gyewh₁- (“to chew”), whence English chew, Russian жевать (ževatʹ).

Noun

կիւ • (kiw)

1. tree pitch, mastic, chewing-gum
2. pine-tree (?)

Declension

o-type

	singular		plural
nominative	կիւ (kiw)		կիւք (kiwkʻ)
genitive	կուոյ (kuoy)		կուոց (kuocʻ)
dative	կուոյ (kuoy)		կուոց (kuocʻ)
accusative	կիւ (kiw)		կիւս (kiws)
ablative	կուոյ (kuoy)		կուոց (kuocʻ)
instrumental	կուով (kuov)		կուովք (kuovkʻ)
locative	կիւ (kiw)		կիւս (kiws)

Derived terms

• կուենի (kueni)
• տիկնակիւ (tiknakiw)

Descendants

• Armenian: կիվ (kiv)
• → Bats: კივ (ḳiv)
• → Old Georgian: კევი (ḳevi)
  • Georgian: კევი (ḳevi)
    • → Ingush: кӏув (kʼuv)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կիւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կիւ”, 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 366