ութ

Armenian

Armenian cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  >
    Cardinal : ութ (utʿ)
    Ordinal : ութերորդ (utʿerord)
    Multiplier : ութակի (utʿaki)
    Distributive : ութական (utʿakan)

Etymology

From Old Armenian ութ (utʿ); see below.

Pronunciation

Numeral

ութ • (utʿ)

  1. eight

Declension

Old Armenian

Old Armenian cardinal numbers
 <  7 8 9  >
    Cardinal : ութ (utʿ)
    Ordinal : ութերորդ (utʿerord)
    Adverbial : ութիցս (utʿicʿs)
    Collective : ութեքին (utʿekʿin)

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Armenian *owtu-, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. The failed palatalization of *ḱ is generally explained as a result of the analogy with եւթն (ewtʿn, “seven”), seen also in Elean Ancient Greek ὀπτώ (optṓ).

Numeral

ութ • (utʿ)

  1. eight
    յամի տեառն հազար ութ հարիւր եօթանասուն եւ ութ ― yami teaṙn hazar utʿ hariwr eōtʿanasun ew utʿ ― in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and seventy eight

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ութ (utʿ)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ութ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ութ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ութ”, 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, Boston: Brill, page 631
  • Kortlandt, Frederik (2003) Armeniaca: comparative notes, with an appendix on the historical phonology of Classical Armenian by Robert S. P. Beekes, Ann Arbor: Caravan Books, page 184
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