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օթ
օթ
Armenian
Noun
օթ • (ōtʿ)
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | օթ (ōtʿ) | օթեր (ōtʿer) | ||
| dative | օթի (ōtʿi) | օթերի (ōtʿeri) | ||
| ablative | օթից (ōtʿicʿ) | օթերից (ōtʿericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | օթով (ōtʿov) | օթերով (ōtʿerov) | ||
| locative | օթում (ōtʿum) | օթերում (ōtʿerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | օթը/օթն (ōtʿə/ōtʿn) | օթերը/օթերն (ōtʿerə/ōtʿern) | ||
| dative | օթին (ōtʿin) | օթերին (ōtʿerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | օթս (ōtʿs) | օթերս (ōtʿers) | ||
| dative | օթիս (ōtʿis) | օթերիս (ōtʿeris) | ||
| ablative | օթիցս (ōtʿicʿs) | օթերիցս (ōtʿericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | օթովս (ōtʿovs) | օթերովս (ōtʿerovs) | ||
| locative | օթումս (ōtʿums) | օթերումս (ōtʿerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | օթդ (ōtʿd) | օթերդ (ōtʿerd) | ||
| dative | օթիդ (ōtʿid) | օթերիդ (ōtʿerid) | ||
| ablative | օթիցդ (ōtʿicʿd) | օթերիցդ (ōtʿericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | օթովդ (ōtʿovd) | օթերովդ (ōtʿerovd) | ||
| locative | օթումդ (ōtʿumd) | օթերումդ (ōtʿerumd) | ||
References
- “օթ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- աւթ (awtʿ)
Etymology
The original spelling is աւթ (awtʿ), a *-ti-derivative of ագ- (ag-, “to spend the night”), perhaps formed in Proto-Armenian.
Noun
օթ • (ōtʿ)
- spending/passing the night
- գնացեալ ընդ անապատ օթս երկուս ― gnacʿeal ənd anapat ōtʿs erkus ― journeying two days in the desert
- sleeping place, lodging, inn
- առ օթ դադարել ուրեք ― aṙ ōtʿ dadarel urekʿ ― to pass the night in a place, to make a halt
- օթ առնել ― ōtʿ aṙnel ― to stop or stay with, to lodge at
- evening
- առ օթ ― aṙ ōtʿ ― towards dusk, in the evening
Declension
i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | օթ (ōtʿ) | օթք (ōtʿkʿ) | |
| genitive | օթի (ōtʿi) | օթից (ōtʿicʿ) | |
| dative | օթի (ōtʿi) | օթից (ōtʿicʿ) | |
| accusative | օթ (ōtʿ) | օթս (ōtʿs) | |
| ablative | օթէ (ōtʿē) | օթից (ōtʿicʿ) | |
| instrumental | օթիւ (ōtʿiw) | օթիւք (ōtʿiwkʿ) | |
| locative | օթի (ōtʿi) | օթս (ōtʿs) |
Derived terms
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Descendants
- Armenian: օթ (ōtʿ)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “օթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “օթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “awt‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 151