Armenian

Noun

նիստ • ‎(nist)

1. (archaic) sitting posture
2. (archaic) position, situation
3. meeting, session, sitting
4. (geometry) facet, face

Declension

Related terms

• նստել ‎(nstel)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

Noun

նիստ • ‎(nist)

1. sitting posture; position, situation

   ի նիստ լինել‎ ― i nist linel ― to sit up, to sit down, to be seated

   ի նիստ ննջել‎ ― i nist nnǰel ― to sleep in a sitting posture

   նիստ առնուլ‎ ― nist aṙnul ― to be tranquillized, allayed, lulled into security

   երեք նստիւ նկարել զկենդանագիր‎ ― erekʿ nstiw nkarel zkendanagir ― to paint a portrait in three sittings

   նստոյ տեղի‎ ― nstoy tełi ― ass, butt

2. seat, residence, abode

   նիստ բանակի‎ ― nist banaki ― encampment

3. royal residence, capital, royal palace

   նիստ արքունական‎ ― nist arkʿunakan ― seat of Government, capital city

4. property, possession
5. sitting, session, meeting

   ի նիստ գումարիլ‎ ― i nist gumaril ― to hold a sitting

   ի նստի անդ‎ ― i nsti and ― during the sitting, forthwith, before separating

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: նիստ ‎(nist)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “նիստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “նիստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “նիստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “nist”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 505