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խիթ

խիթ

Armenian

Alternative forms

Noun

խիթ (xitʿ)

  1. pain, colic

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

An ablaut grade of խայթ (xaytʿ), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂id-to-, from *kh₂eyd- (cut, hew). The sense “crocodile” developed from “rock, reef”. For the association of crocodile with rocks compare Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos), said to be from κρόκη (krókē, pebbles).

Noun

խիթ (xitʿ)

  1. pain, colic, twinge
    խիթ սրբանինxitʿ srbanin ― tenesmus
    խիթք ոտիցxitʿkʿ oticʿ ― gout
  2. rock, reef
  3. crocodile

Declension

Derived terms

  • ամրախիթ (amraxitʿ)
  • առխթեմ (aṙxtʿem)
  • գաղտախթեմ (gałtaxtʿem)
  • խթամ (xtʿam)
  • խթան (xtʿan)
  • խթեմ (xtʿem)
  • խթիմ (xtʿim)
  • խթնիմ (xtʿnim)
  • խթնում (xtʿnum)
  • խթումն (xtʿumn)
  • խիթամայրի (xitʿamayri)
  • ծակախիթ (cakaxitʿ)
  • ծառախիթ (caṙaxitʿ)
  • կողախիթ (kołaxitʿ)
  • յոգնախթան (yognaxtʿan)
  • ոտնխթի (otnxtʿi)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), խիթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), խիթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), խիթ”, 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 325