յետին

Old Armenian

Etymology

From յետ (yet) +‎ -ին (-in).

Adjective

յետին • (yetin)

  1. last, furthest, ulterior, posterior
    յետին օր ― yetin ōr ― the day of judgment, doomsday
    յետին կողմն ― yetin kołmn ― poop, stern on a ship
  2. lowest, meanest
  3. (figuratively) extreme, utmost, greatest, utter, uttermost
    յետին չքաւորութիւն ― yetin čʻkʻaworutʻiwn ― utter misery, extreme poverty
    յետին կարօտութիւն ― yetin karōtutʻiwn ― extreme need
  4. (nominalized) the end, the extremity
  5. (nominalized, in the plural) posterity

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: հետին (hetin)

References

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յետին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎ (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 71
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յետին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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