հիւթ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sipto-, grown from *seyp-, *seyb- (to pour, rain, sift). Cognates include Ancient Greek τρύγ-οιπος (trúg-oipos, strainingcloth for wine), εἴβω (eíbō, to drop), Old English sipian (English seep).

Noun

հիւթ (hiwtʿ)

  1. element, matter
  2. humour; moisture; succulence
    հիւթ պտղոցhiwtʿ ptłocʿjuice; syrup
    հիւթ բուսոցhiwtʿ busocʿsap
    հիւթ մսոյhiwtʿ msoygravy
    հիւթ փորոտեացhiwtʿ pʿoroteacʿintestinal juices
    հիւթ ստամոքայինhiwtʿ stamokʿayingastric juice
    ապակային հիւթapakayin hiwtʿvitreous humour
  3. (figuratively) essence, substance, nature
  4. (figuratively) enthusiasm, zeal

Declension

Derived terms

  • անհիւթ (anhiwtʿ)
  • անհիւթական (anhiwtʿakan)
  • անհիւթակիր (anhiwtʿakir)
  • հիւթաբեր (hiwtʿaber)
  • հիւթական (hiwtʿakan)
  • հիւթականութիւն (hiwtʿakanutʿiwn)
  • հիւթային (hiwtʿayin)
  • հիւթանիւթ (hiwtʿaniwtʿ)
  • հիւթապէս (hiwtʿapēs)
  • հիւթաւոր (hiwtʿawor)
  • հիւթեղ (hiwtʿeł)
  • հիւթեղէն (hiwtʿełēn)
  • հիւթեմ (hiwtʿem)
  • հիւթիւն (hiwtʿiwn)
  • նիւթ (niwtʿ) (perhaps)
  • նմանահիւթ (nmanahiwtʿ)
  • պղնձահիւթ (płnjahiwtʿ)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), հիւթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), հիւթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), հիւթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 409
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