ձիւթ

Old Armenian

Etymology

A Semitic borrowing. See Arabic زِفْت (zift) for more. For ձ- (j-) compare ձէթ (jētʻ).

Noun

ձիւթ • (jiwtʻ)

1. pitch (a dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar)
   • 5th century, Bible, Daniel 3.46:

     Եւ ոչ դադարէին որք արկին զնոսա սպասաւորք թագաւորին ի հնոցն բորբոքելոյ նաւթիւ եւ ձիթով եւ վշով եւ որթով:

     Ew očʻ dadarēin orkʻ arkin znosa spasaworkʻ tʻagaworin i hnocʻn borbokʻeloy nawtʻiw ew jitʻov ew všov ew ortʻov:

     • Translation by New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

       Now the king’s servants who threw them in kept stoking the furnace with naphtha, pitch, tow, and brushwood.

Declension

o-type

	singular		plural
nominative	ձիւթ (jiwtʻ)		ձիւթք (jiwtʻkʻ)
genitive	ձիթոյ (jitʻoy)		ձիթոց (jitʻocʻ)
dative	ձիթոյ (jitʻoy)		ձիթոց (jitʻocʻ)
accusative	ձիւթ (jiwtʻ)		ձիւթս (jiwtʻs)
ablative	ձիթոյ (jitʻoy)		ձիթոց (jitʻocʻ)
instrumental	ձիթով (jitʻov)		ձիթովք (jitʻovkʻ)
locative	ձիւթ (jiwtʻ)		ձիւթս (jiwtʻs)

Derived terms

• կպրաձիւթ (kprajiwtʻ)
• ձիւթեմ (jiwtʻem)

 

Descendants

• Armenian: ձյութ (jyutʻ)
• → Old Georgian: ძივთი (ʒivti) (or directly from Semitic)
  • Georgian: (Guria) ძინთი (ʒinti), (Chveneburi) ძივთი (ʒivti)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ձիւթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 154ab
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձիւթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎^[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 458
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 185, 310
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձիւթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy