գաւիթ
Old Armenian
Etymology
The origin is unknown.[1][2][3][4] Has been compared to Ossetian кауӕ (kawæ) / кау (kaw, “wattle fence”),[5] on which see Abaev[6] and ESIJa[7].
Noun
գաւիթ • (gawitʿ)
- forecourt, vestibule, porch
- sheepfold
Declension
i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գաւիթ (gawitʿ) | գաւիթք (gawitʿkʿ) | |
| genitive | գաւթի (gawtʿi) | գաւթից (gawtʿicʿ) | |
| dative | գաւթի (gawtʿi) | գաւթից (gawtʿicʿ) | |
| accusative | գաւիթ (gawitʿ) | գաւիթս (gawitʿs) | |
| ablative | գաւթէ (gawtʿē) | գաւթից (gawtʿicʿ) | |
| instrumental | գաւթիւ (gawtʿiw) | գաւթիւք (gawtʿiwkʿ) | |
| locative | գաւթի (gawtʿi) | գաւիթս (gawitʿs) |
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գաւիթ (gawitʿ) | գաւիթք (gawitʿkʿ) | |
| genitive | գաւթի (gawtʿi) | գաւթաց (gawtʿacʿ) | |
| dative | գաւթի (gawtʿi) | գաւթաց (gawtʿacʿ) | |
| accusative | գաւիթ (gawitʿ) | գաւիթս (gawitʿs) | |
| ablative | գաւթէ (gawtʿē) | գաւթաց (gawtʿacʿ) | |
| instrumental | գաւթաւ (gawtʿaw) | գաւթաւք = գաւթօք (gawtʿawkʿ = gawtʿōkʿ) | |
| locative | գաւթի (gawtʿi) | գաւիթս (gawitʿs) |
Derived terms
- մակագաւիթ (makagawitʿ)
- սրովբէագաւիթ (srovbēagawitʿ)
- վայրագաւիթ (vayragawitʿ)
Descendants
- Armenian: գավիթ (gavitʿ)
References
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 126–127
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գաւիթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 528
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 951
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “գաւիթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 153a
- Bailey, H. W. (1987), “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica, volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 465a of 459–465
- Абаев, В. И. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 573–574
- Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 355
Further reading
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գաւիթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գաւիթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy