վհատ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian վհատ (vhat)

Pronunciation

Adjective

վհատ (vhat) (superlative ամենավհատ)

  1. hopeless, despairing

Declension

Adverb

վհատ (vhat)

  1. hopelessly, despairingly

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown. The word has a shape of an Iranian loan.

Adjective

վհատ (vhat)

  1. disheartened, faint-hearted, discouraged, despondent

Declension

Derived terms

  • անվհատելի (anvhateli)
  • վհատագոյն (vhatagoyn)
  • վհատեմ (vhatem)
  • վհատեցուցիչ (vhatecʿucʿičʿ)
  • վհատիմ (vhatim)
  • վհատութիւն (vhatutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: վհատ (vhat)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), վհատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 345a
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), վհատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), վհատ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, pages 712—713
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), վհատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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