Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian վճիտ (včit); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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վճիտ (včit) (superlative ամենավճիտ)

  1. clear, limpid, unclouded
  2. glistening, sparkling, gleaming
  3. (figuratively) innocent, guiltless, clean

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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An Iranian borrowing. Compare Manichaean Parthian wcyd, wjyd (*wižīd, chosen), past participle of *wcyn-, wžyn-, wycyn- (wižīn-, to choose), Middle Persian wcytk' (*wizīdag, *wičītak, selected, special), past participle of wcytn' (*wizīdan, *wičītan, to choose, select, prefer, discriminate,), Persian گزیدن (gozidan).

Adjective

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վճիտ (včit)

  1. clear, limpid
    վճիտ ջուրvčit ǰurlimpid, crystal, pellucid water

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: վճիտ (včit)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “վճիտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “վճիտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վճիտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 211a
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 365