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վճիտ

վճիտ

Armenian

Adjective

վճիտ (včit) (superlative ամենավճիտ)

  1. clear, limpid, unclouded
  2. glistening, sparkling, gleaming
  3. (figuratively) innocent, guiltless, clean

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • վիճիտ (vičit)
  • վճուտ (včut)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Manichaean Parthian wcyd, wjyd (*wižīd, chosen), past participle of *wcyn-, wžyn-, wycyn- (wižīn-, to choose), Middle Persian wcytk' (*wizīdag, *wičītak, selected, special), past participle of wcytn' (*wizīdan, *wičītan, to choose, select, prefer, discriminate,), Persian گزیدن (gozidan).

Adjective

վճիտ (včit)

  1. clear, limpid
    վճիտ ջուրvčit ǰur ― limpid, crystal, pellucid water

Declension

Derived terms

  • ակնավճիտ (aknavčit)
  • վճտական (včtakan)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), վճիտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), վճիտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), վճիտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 211a
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 365