ձիւթ
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]A Semitic borrowing. See Arabic زِفْت (zift) for more. For ձ- (j-) compare ձէթ (jētʻ).
Noun
[edit]ձիւթ • (jiwtʻ)
- pitch (a dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar)
- 5th century, Bible, Daniel 3.46:[1]
- Եւ ոչ դադարէին որք արկին զնոսա սպասաւորք թագաւորին ի հնոցն բորբոքելոյ նաւթիւ եւ ձիթով եւ վշով եւ որթով:
- Ew očʻ dadarēin orkʻ arkin znosa spasaworkʻ tʻagaworin i hnocʻn borbokʻeloy nawtʻiw ew jitʻov ew všov ew ortʻov:
- Translation by New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
- Now the king’s servants who threw them in kept stoking the furnace with naphtha, pitch, tow, and brushwood.
- Եւ ոչ դադարէին որք արկին զնոսա սպասաւորք թագաւորին ի հնոցն բորբոքելոյ նաւթիւ եւ ձիթով եւ վշով եւ որթով:
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ձիւթ (jiwtʻ) | ձիւթք (jiwtʻkʻ) |
| genitive | ձիթոյ (jitʻoy) | ձիթոց (jitʻocʻ) |
| dative | ձիթոյ (jitʻoy) | ձիթոց (jitʻocʻ) |
| accusative | ձիւթ (jiwtʻ) | ձիւթս (jiwtʻs) |
| ablative | ձիթոյ (jitʻoy) | ձիթոց (jitʻocʻ) |
| instrumental | ձիթով (jitʻov) | ձիթովք (jitʻovkʻ) |
| locative | ձիւթ (jiwtʻ) | ձիւթս (jiwtʻs) |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: ձյութ (jyutʻ)
- → Old Georgian: ძივთი (ʒivti) (or directly from Semitic)
- Georgian: (Guria) ძინთი (ʒinti), (Chveneburi) ძივთი (ʒivti)
References
[edit]- ^ Cowe, S. Peter (1992) The Armenian version of Daniel (University of Pennsylvania Armenian texts and studies; 9)[1], Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, page 170
Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ձիւթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 154ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձիւթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period][2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 458
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 185, 310
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձիւթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy