Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian սնոտի (snoti); see it for more.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

սնոտի (snoti) (superlative ամենասնոտի)

  1. useless, vain, futile

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From սին (sin) +‎ -ոտի (-oti).

Adjective edit

սնոտի (snoti)

  1. useless, vain, futile, frivolous, worthless; chimerical, idle
    ի սնոտիսi snotisin vain, uselessly
  2. (in the plural, nominalized) vanity, foolery; vain and trifling things, trifles, bawbles, trinkets, gew-gaws, knick-knacks; foppery, silliness, nonsense
    գնալ զհետ սնոտեացgnal zhet snoteacʻto run after follies
    սնոտեօք զբօսնուլsnoteōkʻ zbōsnulto be taken up with trifles, to trifle time away, to fiddle-faddle

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: սնոտի (snoti), սնոտիք (snotikʻ)

References edit

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