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բոյթ
բոյթ
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- բոյթն (boytʿn)
Noun
բոյթ • (boytʿ)
- thumb
- (figuratively, music) tuning peg
- *soft lump of flesh, lobe (this sense is not attested, but is evident in derived terms)
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բոյթ (boytʿ) | բոյթք (boytʿkʿ) | |
| genitive | բութի (butʿi) | բութաց (butʿacʿ) | |
| dative | բութի (butʿi) | բութաց (butʿacʿ) | |
| accusative | բոյթ (boytʿ) | բոյթս (boytʿs) | |
| ablative | բութէ (butʿē) | բութաց (butʿacʿ) | |
| instrumental | բութաւ (butʿaw) | բութաւք = բութօք (butʿawkʿ = butʿōkʿ) | |
| locative | բութի (butʿi) | բոյթս (boytʿs) |
o-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | բոյթ (boytʿ) | բոյթք (boytʿkʿ) | |
| genitive | բութոյ (butʿoy) | բութոց (butʿocʿ) | |
| dative | բութոյ (butʿoy) | բութոց (butʿocʿ) | |
| accusative | բոյթ (boytʿ) | բոյթս (boytʿs) | |
| ablative | բութոյ (butʿoy) | բութոց (butʿocʿ) | |
| instrumental | բութով (butʿov) | բութովք (butʿovkʿ) | |
| locative | բոյթ (boytʿ) | բոյթս (boytʿs) |
Derived terms
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Descendants
Etymology 2
The origin is uncertain. Perhaps developed from the Etymology 1 sense.
Noun
բոյթ • (boytʿ)
Synonyms
- հեց (hecʿ)
Descendants
- Armenian: բութ (butʿ)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “բոյթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “բոյթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “բոյթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 184