շիթ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian շիթ (šitʿ).

Pronunciation

Noun

շիթ • (šitʿ)

  1. stream, jet
  2. drop, droplet

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • շիտ (šit)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.[1] Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *skeh₁t- (“to spring”), whence Latin scateō.[2]

Noun

շիթ • (šitʿ)

  1. drop (of water, saliva)
    Synonyms: կաթ (katʿ), կաթիլ (katʿil), կայլակ (kaylak)
    շիթ առ շիթ, շիթք շիթք ― šitʿ aṙ šitʿ, šitʿkʿ šitʿkʿ ― drop by drop
    շիթ ի բերանոյ ― šitʿ i beranoy ― saliva, drivel, slaver, slabber
    շիթք բանից ― šitʿkʿ banicʿ ― few words
  2. flame
    Synonym: բոց (bocʿ)

Declension

Derived terms

  • շթամ (štʿam)

Descendants

  • Armenian: շիթ (šitʿ)

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), “շիթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 516b
  2. 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 207

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “շիթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006), “շիթ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “շիթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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