յուռթի
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- ուռթի (uṙtʿi)
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. According to Martirosyan, the word undoubtedly contains the prefix and the suffix յ- (y-) + -թի (-tʿi). The root may be connected with ուռճանամ (uṙčanam) or ուռնում (uṙnum). Alternatively, per Martirosyan's tentative suggestion, it may derive from Proto-Indo-European *Hwers-, with Sanskrit वर्षति (varṣati, “to rain”), वृष्टि (vṛṣṭi, “rain”), Hittite [script needed] (warša-, “rain-shower”), Ancient Greek ἕρση (hérsē, “dew”), οὐρέω (ouréō, “urinate”), Middle Irish frass (“rain-shower, torrent”) as cognates.
Adjective
յուռթի • (yuṙtʿi)
- watered, irrigated
- fecund, fertile, fruitful, productive
Declension
o-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | յուռթի (yuṙtʿi) | յուռթիք (yuṙtʿikʿ) | |
| genitive | յուռթւոյ (yuṙtʿwoy) | յուռթեաց (yuṙtʿeacʿ) | |
| dative | յուռթւոյ (yuṙtʿwoy) | յուռթեաց (yuṙtʿeacʿ) | |
| accusative | յուռթի (yuṙtʿi) | յուռթիս (yuṙtʿis) | |
| ablative | յուռթւոյ (yuṙtʿwoy) | յուռթեաց (yuṙtʿeacʿ) | |
| instrumental | յուռթեաւ (yuṙtʿeaw) | յուռթեաւք = յուռթեօք (yuṙtʿeawkʿ = yuṙtʿeōkʿ) | |
| locative | յուռթի (yuṙtʿi) | յուռթիս (yuṙtʿis) |
Derived terms
- յուռթանամ (yuṙtʿanam)
- ուռթանամ (uṙtʿanam)
- ուռթեմ (uṙtʿem)
Descendants
- Armenian: հուռթի (huṙtʿi)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “յուռթի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “յուռթի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “յուռթի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Eremia Mełrecʿi (1698), “ուռթի”, in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: tpagr. Sargis Evdokiacʿu Sahetʿču, page 258
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 498