վճիտ
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian վճիտ (včit); see it for more.
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [vəˈt͡ʃit]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [vəˈd͡ʒid]
- Hyphenation: վը‧ճիտ
Adjective
վճիտ • (včit) (superlative ամենավճիտ)
- clear, limpid, unclouded
- glistening, sparkling, gleaming
- (figuratively) innocent, guiltless, clean
Declension
nominalized, i-type (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | վճիտ (včit) | վճիտներ (včitner) | ||
| dative | վճիտի (včiti) | վճիտների (včitneri) | ||
| ablative | վճիտից (včiticʿ) | վճիտներից (včitnericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | վճիտով (včitov) | վճիտներով (včitnerov) | ||
| locative | վճիտում (včitum) | վճիտներում (včitnerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | վճիտը/վճիտն (včitə/včitn) | վճիտները/վճիտներն (včitnerə/včitnern) | ||
| dative | վճիտին (včitin) | վճիտներին (včitnerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | վճիտս (včits) | վճիտներս (včitners) | ||
| dative | վճիտիս (včitis) | վճիտներիս (včitneris) | ||
| ablative | վճիտիցս (včiticʿs) | վճիտներիցս (včitnericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | վճիտովս (včitovs) | վճիտներովս (včitnerovs) | ||
| locative | վճիտումս (včitums) | վճիտներումս (včitnerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | վճիտդ (včitd) | վճիտներդ (včitnerd) | ||
| dative | վճիտիդ (včitid) | վճիտներիդ (včitnerid) | ||
| ablative | վճիտիցդ (včiticʿd) | վճիտներիցդ (včitnericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | վճիտովդ (včitovd) | վճիտներովդ (včitnerovd) | ||
| locative | վճիտումդ (včitumd) | վճիտներումդ (včitnerumd) | ||
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- վիճիտ (vičit)
- վճուտ (včut)
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing. Compare Manichaean Parthian wcyd, wjyd (*wižīd, “chosen”), past participle of *wcyn-, wžyn-, wycyn- (wižīn-, “to choose”), Middle Persian wcytk' (*wizīdag, *wičītak, “selected, special”), past participle of wcytn' (*wizīdan, *wičītan, “to choose, select, prefer, discriminate,”), Persian گزیدن (gozidan).
Adjective
վճիտ • (včit)
- clear, limpid
- վճիտ ջուր ― včit ǰur ― limpid, crystal, pellucid water
Declension
i-a-type or i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | վճիտ (včit) | վճիտք (včitkʿ) | |
| genitive | վճտի (včti) | ? (?) | |
| dative | վճտի (včti) | ? (?) | |
| accusative | վճիտ (včit) | վճիտս (včits) | |
| ablative | վճտէ (včtē) | ? (?) | |
| instrumental | ? (?) | ? (?) | |
| locative | վճտի (včti) | վճիտս (včits) | |
| the instrumental singular and the genitive/dative/instrumental plural are not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension | |||
Derived terms
- ակնավճիտ (aknavčit)
- վճտական (včtakan)
Descendants
- Armenian: վճիտ (včit)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “վճիտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “վճիտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “վճիտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 211a
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 365