գաւաթ

գաւաթ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γαβάθα (gabátha).

Noun

գաւաթ • (gawatʿ)

1. cup; goblet
   • Basil of Caesarea, Meknutʿiwn sałmosacʿ [Homiliae super psalmos] I:[1]

     Զկծուագոյնս դեղոցն տալով ըմպել հիւանդաց [բժիշկք], մեղու բազում անգամ զգաւաթն օծանեն

     Zkcuagoyns dełocʿn talov əmpel hiwandacʿ [bžiškkʿ], mełu bazum angam zgawatʿn ōcanen

   • 1113 – 1140, Mattʿēos Uṙhayecʿi, Žamanakagrutʿiwn [Chronicle] :[2][3]

     Եւ անօրէն Փիլառտոսին հանեալ զսկաւառակ գլխոյն՝ արար գաւաթ եւ նովաւ ըմպէր գինի

     Ew anōrēn Pʿilaṙtosin haneal zskawaṙak glxoyn, arar gawatʿ ew novaw əmpēr gini

     • Translation by Ara Dostourian

       His head was brought to Philaretus, and this impious man, taking the skull, made it into a cup which he used for drinking wine

Descendants

• Armenian: գավաթ (gavatʿ)
  • → Udi: гамат (gamat)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971) , “գաւաթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 526–527
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʿi (2000) , “գաւաթ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʿ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʿeancʿ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʿ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries], Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 130

References

1. Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836) , “գաւաթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 532a
2. Mattʿēos Uṙhayecʿi (1898) , Mambrē vard. Mēlikʿ-Adamean and Nersēs sark. Tēr Mikʿayēlean, editors, Žamanakagrutʿiwn [Chronicle]‎, 2nd edition, Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 209
3. Dostourian, Ara Edmond (1993) Armenia and the Crusades: The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa, Lanham, New York, London: University Press of America, page 139