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 ութyami teaṙn hazar utʿ hariwr eōtʿanasun ew utʿin 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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