պիտոյ
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Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Genitive-dative of պէտ (pēt).
Adjective
[edit]պիտոյ • (pitoy) indeclinable
- necessary; suitable
- պիտոյ է ― pitoy ē ― it is becoming, proper, suitable
- զի՞ եւս պիտոյ են մեզ վկայք ― zi? ews pitoy en mez vkaykʻ ― what need have we of witnesses?
Usage notes
[edit]This adjective was indeclinable. If it had to be declined, it was replaced by synonymous պիտոյական (pitoyakan) or պիտանի (pitani).
Derived terms
[edit]- անպիտոյ (anpitoy)
- չպիտոյ (čʻpitoy)
- չպիտոյանամ (čʻpitoyanam)
- պիտոյաբար (pitoyabar)
- պիտոյական (pitoyakan)
- պիտոյանամ (pitoyanam)
- պիտոյի (pitoyi)
- պիտոյութիւն (pitoyutʻiwn)
- պիտոյք (pitoykʻ)
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: պիտո (pito)
References
[edit]- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պիտոյ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պիտոյ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian][1] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys