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 • (hiwtʻ)

  1. element, matter
  2. humour; moisture; succulence
    հիւթ պտղոց ― hiwtʻ ptłocʻ ― juice; syrup
    հիւթ բուսոց ― hiwtʻ busocʻ ― sap
    հիւթ մսոյ ― hiwtʻ msoy ― gravy
    հիւթ փորոտեաց ― hiwtʻ pʻoroteacʻ ― intestinal juices
    հիւթ ստամոքային ― hiwtʻ stamokʻayin ― gastric juice
    ապակային հիւթ ― apakayin hiwtʻ ― vitreous humour
  3. (figuratively) essence, substance, nature
  4. (figuratively) enthusiasm, zeal

Declension

Derived terms

  • անհիւթ (anhiwtʻ)
  • անհիւթական (anhiwtʻakan)
  • անհիւթակիր (anhiwtʻakir)
  • հիւթաբեր (hiwtʻaber)
  • հիւթական (hiwtʻakan)
  • հիւթականութիւն (hiwtʻakanutʻiwn)
  • հիւթային (hiwtʻayin)
  • հիւթանիւթ (hiwtʻaniwtʻ)
  • հիւթապէս (hiwtʻapēs)
  • հիւթաւոր (hiwtʻawor)
  • հիւթեղ (hiwtʻeł)
  • հիւթեղէն (hiwtʻełēn)
  • հիւթեմ (hiwtʻem)
  • հիւթիւն (hiwtʻiwn)
  • նիւթ (niwtʻ) (perhaps)
  • նմանահիւթ (nmanahiwtʻ)
  • պղնձահիւթ (płnjahiwtʻ)

Descendants

  • Armenian: հյութ (hyutʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հիւթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հիւթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հիւթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a 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 and Boston: Brill, page 409
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