See also: պետ

Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾp̄ʾyt' /⁠abāyēd⁠/, it is necessary, fitting; must), Persian باید (bâyad).

Noun

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պէտ (pēt) indeclinable

  1. need, necessity
    պէտ առնելpēt aṙnelto take care, to care, to do the needful or necessary
    պէտ լինելpēt linelto be necessary
    թէ պէտ իցէtʻē pēt icʻēif need be
    ո եւ պէտo ew pētwhoever, whosoever
    որչափ պէտorčʻapʻ pētas much as you will or wish
    պէտ էpēt ēit must be, it is necessary
    չէ պէտčʻē pētit need not be, it is unnecessary
    չեն ինչ ինձ պէտ աղօթքčʻen inčʻ inj pēt ałōtʻkʻI do not want prayers
    ինձ ոչ է պէտ զայնմանէinj očʻ ē pēt zaynmanēI care not about
    ում եւ պէտum ew pētuseless, worthless, futile, flimsy; whatever, whatsoever; uselessly
    պէտք մարմնոյpētkʻ marmnoyneeds, jobs, going to stool
    նստիլ ի պէտս, վճարել զպէտս մարմնոյնnstil i pēts, včarel zpēts marmnoynto go to stool, to evacuate the bowels
    ի պէտսi pētsfor use or service; for
    յի՞նչ պէտսyi?nčʻ pētsfor what use or purpose? why?
    պէտք կենացpētkʻ kenacʻthe necessities of life
    պէտք են, պէտք է, ի պէտս էpētkʻ en, pētkʻ ē, i pēts ēit must, it is necessary
    չեն պէտքčʻen pētkʻit must not, it is not necessary
    յոչինչ պէտսyočʻinčʻ pētsin vain, uselessly
    պէտք յանձին ունելpētkʻ yanjin unelto have care, to be concerned, to reck
    պէտս ունելpēts unelto want, to need, to be or to stand in want of
    ի պէտս գալi pēts galto be useful or serviceable
    պէտս առնել, պիտօք վարիլpēts aṙnel, pitōkʻ varilto use, to make use for, to avail oneself of
    պէտս ունել զիմեքէpēts unel zimekʻēto devote or apply oneself to
    զպէտս հոգւոյն հատուցանել / վճարել Տեառնzpēts hogwoyn hatucʻanel / včarel Teaṙnto breathe one's last, to die
    պէտս ունիմ / պէտս են ինձ երթալpēts unim / pēts en inj ertʻalI must go

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: պետք (petkʻ)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պէտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 79–80
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պէտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պէտք”, 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]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 542
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “պէտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 636ab
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 905
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պէտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պէտք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy