հիւթ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *sipto-, grown from *seyp-, *seyb- (to pour, rain, sift). Cognates include Ancient Greek τρύγ-οιπος (trúg-oipos, strainingcloth for wine), εἴβω (eíbō, to drop), Old English sipian (English seep).

Noun

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հիւթ (hiwtʻ)

  1. element, matter
  2. humour; moisture; succulence
    հիւթ պտղոցhiwtʻ ptłocʻjuice; syrup
    հիւթ բուսոցhiwtʻ busocʻsap
    հիւթ մսոյhiwtʻ msoygravy
    հիւթ փորոտեացhiwtʻ pʻoroteacʻintestinal juices
    հիւթ ստամոքայինhiwtʻ stamokʻayingastric juice
    ապակային հիւթapakayin hiwtʻvitreous humour
  3. (figuratively) essence, substance, nature
  4. (figuratively) enthusiasm, zeal

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հյութ (hyutʻ)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հիւթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հիւթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հիւթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 409