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From Old Armenian փայտ (pʻayt).

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փայտ (pʻayt)

  1. wood (material); firewood
    այս սեղանը փայտից էays seġanə pʻayticʻ ēthis table is made of wood
  2. stick; walking stick, cane; staff
    փայտով ծեծելpʻaytov cecelto beat with a stick

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  • Laz: ფატი (paťi)

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain.

Noun edit

փայտ (pʻayt)

  1. wood (material)
    փայտ կենացpʻayt kenacʻthe Holy-Rood, the Cross; (botany) tree of life, lignum-vitae, guaiacum, thula or thuya
    փայտ խնկոցpʻayt xnkocʻodorous, scented wood
    փայտ իւղոյpʻayt iwłoyolive-wood, olive
    չնչին փայտčʻnčʻin pʻaytfragile wood
    փայտ այրելիpʻayt ayrelifire-wood
    փայտ հարկանել, պատառելpʻayt harkanel, pataṙelto cut wood; to cut down, to fell
    փայտ ընկենուլpʻayt ənkenulto draw or cast lots
  2. tree
    Synonym: ծառ (caṙ)
  3. gibbet, gallows
    Synonym: կախաղան (kaxałan)
    կախել զփայտէkaxel zpʻaytēto crucify

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References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փայտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “փայտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press