Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *wid-ti-, from *weyd-.

Noun edit

գիւտ (giwt)

  1. the act of finding something lost
    առ չգիւտaṙ čʻgiwtfor the want of
    գիւտք ձկանցgiwtkʻ jkancʻfishing
    գիւտ որսոյgiwt orsoyhunting
    ի գիւտ ածելi giwt acelto invent
    ի գիւտ ածիլi giwt acilto be invented
    գիւտք որովայնիgiwtkʻ orovaynitape-worm
  2. artifice, trick
  3. a found thing, invention, discovery
    չքնաղ գիւտքčʻkʻnał giwtkʻfine or rare inventions or discoveries
  4. profit
  5. salvation
    եղիցի քեզ անձն քո ի գիւտսełicʻi kʻez anjn kʻo i giwtsyou will save your soul
  6. finder

Declension edit

Adjective edit

գիւտ (giwt)

  1. findable

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գյուտ (gyut)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գիւտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գիւտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գիւտ”, 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 216