գաւիթ

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown.[1][2][3][4] Has been compared to Ossetian кауӕ (kawæ) / кау (kaw, “wattle fence”),[5] on which see Abaev[6] and ESIJa.[7]

Noun

գաւիթ • (gawitʻ)

  1. forecourt, vestibule, porch
  2. sheepfold

Declension
i-type
singular plural
nominative գաւիթ (gawitʻ) գաւիթք (gawitʻkʻ)
genitive գաւթի (gawtʻi) գաւթից (gawtʻicʻ)
dative գաւթի (gawtʻi) գաւթից (gawtʻicʻ)
accusative գաւիթ (gawitʻ) գաւիթս (gawitʻs)
ablative գաւթէ (gawtʻē) գաւթից (gawtʻicʻ)
instrumental գաւթիւ (gawtʻiw) գաւթիւք (gawtʻiwkʻ)
locative գաւթի (gawtʻi) գաւիթս (gawitʻs)
i-a-type
singular plural
nominative գաւիթ (gawitʻ) գաւիթք (gawitʻkʻ)
genitive գաւթի (gawtʻi) գաւթաց (gawtʻacʻ)
dative գաւթի (gawtʻi) գաւթաց (gawtʻacʻ)
accusative գաւիթ (gawitʻ) գաւիթս (gawitʻs)
ablative գաւթէ (gawtʻē) գաւթաց (gawtʻacʻ)
instrumental գաւթաւ (gawtʻaw) գաւթաւք = գաւթօք (gawtʻawkʻ = gawtʻōkʻ)
locative գաւթի (gawtʻi) գաւիթս (gawitʻs)

Derived terms
  • մակագաւիթ (makagawitʻ)
  • սրովբէագաւիթ (srovbēagawitʻ)
  • վայրագաւիթ (vayragawitʻ)

Descendants
  • Armenian: գավիթ (gavitʻ)

References
  1. Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 126–127
  2. Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաւիթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 528
  3. Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 951
  4. J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “գաւիթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 153a
  5. Bailey, H. W. (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica‎, volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 465a of 459–465
  6. Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 573–574
  7. Edelʹman, D. I. (2011) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 355

Further reading
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “գաւիթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “գաւիթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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