խօթ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• խաւթ (xawtʻ)

Etymology

The original spelling is խաւթ (xawtʻ), an ablaut of խայթ (xaytʻ), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-, perhaps via a form *kh₂(e)d-t-.

Adjective

խօթ • (xōtʻ)

1. sick, sickly, unhealthy, infirm (of body, eye, or ear)

   խօթ է ― xōtʻ ē ― he is sick

2. lazy, slothful, sluggish, idle

Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	խօթ (xōtʻ)		խօթք (xōtʻkʻ)
genitive	խօթի (xōtʻi)		խօթից (xōtʻicʻ)
dative	խօթի (xōtʻi)		խօթից (xōtʻicʻ)
accusative	խօթ (xōtʻ)		խօթս (xōtʻs)
ablative	խօթէ (xōtʻē)		խօթից (xōtʻicʻ)
instrumental	խօթիւ (xōtʻiw)		խօթիւք (xōtʻiwkʻ)
locative	խօթի (xōtʻi)		խօթս (xōtʻs)
Note: The above declension is postulated by Nor Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean Lezui and is not attested.

Synonyms

• (sick): հիւանդ (hiwand)
• (lazy): ծոյլ (coyl), հեղգ (hełg)

Derived terms

• անխօթացեալ (anxōtʻacʻeal)
• խօթակից (xōtʻakicʻ)
• խօթամիտ (xōtʻamit)
• խօթանամ (xōtʻanam)
• խօթապատճառ (xōtʻapatčaṙ)
• խօթասիրտ (xōtʻasirt)
• խօթութիւն (xōtʻutʻiwn)

Descendants

• Armenian: խոթ (xotʻ)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խօթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խօթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խօթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 325