խօթ
Old Armenian edit
Alternative forms edit
- խաւթ (xawtʿ)
Etymology edit
The original spelling is խաւթ (xawtʿ), an ablaut of խայթ (xaytʿ), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-, perhaps via a form *kh₂(e)d-t-.
Adjective edit
խօթ • (xōtʿ)
- sick, sickly, unhealthy, infirm (of body, eye, or ear)
- խօթ է ― xōtʿ ē ― he is sick
- lazy, slothful, sluggish, idle
Declension edit
i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | խօթ (xōtʿ) | խօթք (xōtʿkʿ) | |
| genitive | խօթի (xōtʿi) | խօթից (xōtʿicʿ) | |
| dative | խօթի (xōtʿi) | խօթից (xōtʿicʿ) | |
| accusative | խօթ (xōtʿ) | խօթս (xōtʿs) | |
| ablative | խօթէ (xōtʿē) | խօթից (xōtʿicʿ) | |
| instrumental | խօթիւ (xōtʿiw) | խօթիւք (xōtʿiwkʿ) | |
| locative | խօթի (xōtʿi) | խօթս (xōtʿs) | |
| Note: The above declension is postulated by Nor Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean Lezui and is not attested. | |||
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- անխօթացեալ (anxōtʿacʿeal)
- խօթակից (xōtʿakicʿ)
- խօթամիտ (xōtʿamit)
- խօթանամ (xōtʿanam)
- խօթապատճառ (xōtʿapatčaṙ)
- խօթասիրտ (xōtʿasirt)
- խօթութիւն (xōtʿutʿiwn)
Descendants edit
- Armenian: խոթ (xotʿ)
References edit
- Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “խօթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (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
- Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խօթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ 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