խէթ

Old Armenian

Etymology

An ablaut grade of խայթ (xaytʻ), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.

Noun

խէթ • (xētʻ)

1. bite of conscience
2. pain in the stomach, irritation
3. doubt, fear
4. scowling gaze, spite, hate

   խեթիւ հայել, տեսանել ― xetʻiw hayel, tesanel ― to stare daggers, to look grim, to scowl

   խեթիւ հայել արեգական ― xetʻiw hayel aregakan ― to sunburn, to tan, to freckle, to brown

5. danger, obstacle, impediment

   խէթ եւ խութ ընդ ոտն անկանել ― xētʻ ew xutʻ ənd otn ankanel ― to trip up, to oppose, to obstruct, to embarrass

Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	խէթ (xētʻ)		խէթք (xētʻkʻ)
genitive	խեթի (xetʻi)		խեթից (xetʻicʻ)
dative	խեթի (xetʻi)		խեթից (xetʻicʻ)
accusative	խէթ (xētʻ)		խէթս (xētʻs)
ablative	խեթէ (xetʻē)		խեթից (xetʻicʻ)
instrumental	խեթիւ (xetʻiw)		խեթիւք (xetʻiwkʻ)
locative	խեթի (xetʻi)		խէթս (xētʻs)

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	խէթ (xētʻ)		խէթք (xētʻkʻ)
genitive	խէթի (xētʻi)		խէթից (xētʻicʻ)
dative	խէթի (xētʻi)		խէթից (xētʻicʻ)
accusative	խէթ (xētʻ)		խէթս (xētʻs)
ablative	խէթէ (xētʻē)		խէթից (xētʻicʻ)
instrumental	խէթիւ (xētʻiw)		խէթիւք (xētʻiwkʻ)
locative	խէթի (xētʻi)		խէթս (xētʻs)

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	խէթ (xētʻ)		խէթք (xētʻkʻ)
genitive	խիթի (xitʻi)		խիթից (xitʻicʻ)
dative	խիթի (xitʻi)		խիթից (xitʻicʻ)
accusative	խէթ (xētʻ)		խէթս (xētʻs)
ablative	խիթէ (xitʻē)		խիթից (xitʻicʻ)
instrumental	խիթիւ (xitʻiw)		խիթիւք (xitʻiwkʻ)
locative	խիթի (xitʻi)		խէթս (xētʻs)

Derived terms

• անխէթ (anxētʻ)
• բռնխէթք (bṙnxētʻkʻ)
• խիթամ (xitʻam)
• խիթացուցանեմ (xitʻacʻucʻanem)
• խիթեմ (xitʻem)
• մխիթար (mxitʻar)

Descendants

• Armenian: խեթ (xetʻ)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խէթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խէթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խէթ”, 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 327