յուռթի

Old Armenian

The origin is uncertain. According to Martirosyan, the word undoubtedly contains the prefix and the suffix յ- (y-) +‎ -թի (-tʻi). The root may be connected with ուռճանամ (uṙčanam) or ուռնում (uṙnum). Alternatively, per Martirosyan's tentative suggestion, it may derive from Proto-Indo-European *Hwers-, with Sanskrit वर्षति (varṣati, “to rain”), वृष्टि (vṛṣṭi, “rain”), Hittite [script needed] (warša-, “rain-shower”), Ancient Greek ἕρση (hérsē, “dew”), οὐρέω (ouréō, “urinate”), Middle Irish frass (“rain-shower, torrent”) as cognates.

յուռթի • (yuṙtʻi)

*o-a*-type
	singular	plural
nominative	յուռթի (yuṙtʻi)	յուռթիք (yuṙtʻikʻ)
genitive	յուռթւոյ (yuṙtʻwoy)	յուռթեաց (yuṙtʻeacʻ)
dative	յուռթւոյ (yuṙtʻwoy)	յուռթեաց (yuṙtʻeacʻ)
accusative	յուռթի (yuṙtʻi)	յուռթիս (yuṙtʻis)
ablative	յուռթւոյ (yuṙtʻwoy)	յուռթեաց (yuṙtʻeacʻ)
instrumental	յուռթեաւ (yuṙtʻeaw)	յուռթեաւք = յուռթեօք (yuṙtʻeawkʻ = yuṙtʻeōkʻ)
locative	յուռթի (yuṙtʻi)	յուռթիս (yuṙtʻis)

Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յուռթի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յուռթի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “յուռթի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
Eremia Meġrecʻi (1698) “ուռթի”, in Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: Sargis Evdokiacʻi Sahetʻči Press, page 258
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 498