խիթ
Armenian
Alternative forms
- խիթք (xitʻkʻ)
Etymology
From Old Armenian խիթ (xitʻ).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [χitʰ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [χitʰ]
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | խիթ (xitʻ) | խիթեր (xitʻer) | ||
| dative | խիթի (xitʻi) | խիթերի (xitʻeri) | ||
| ablative | խիթից (xitʻicʻ) | խիթերից (xitʻericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | խիթով (xitʻov) | խիթերով (xitʻerov) | ||
| locative | խիթում (xitʻum) | խիթերում (xitʻerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | խիթը/խիթն (xitʻə/xitʻn) | խիթերը/խիթերն (xitʻerə/xitʻern) | ||
| dative | խիթին (xitʻin) | խիթերին (xitʻerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | խիթս (xitʻs) | խիթերս (xitʻers) | ||
| dative | խիթիս (xitʻis) | խիթերիս (xitʻeris) | ||
| ablative | խիթիցս (xitʻicʻs) | խիթերիցս (xitʻericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | խիթովս (xitʻovs) | խիթերովս (xitʻerovs) | ||
| locative | խիթումս (xitʻums) | խիթերումս (xitʻerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | խիթդ (xitʻd) | խիթերդ (xitʻerd) | ||
| dative | խիթիդ (xitʻid) | խիթերիդ (xitʻerid) | ||
| ablative | խիթիցդ (xitʻicʻd) | խիթերիցդ (xitʻericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | խիթովդ (xitʻovd) | խիթերովդ (xitʻerovd) | ||
| locative | խիթումդ (xitʻumd) | խիթերումդ (xitʻerumd) | ||
Old Armenian
Etymology
An ablaut grade of խայթ (xaytʻ), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂id-to-, from *kh₂eyd- (“cut, hew”). The sense “crocodile” developed from “rock, reef”. For the association of crocodile with rocks compare Ancient Greek κροκόδειλος (krokódeilos), said to be from κρόκη (krókē, “pebbles”).
Noun
խիթ • (xitʻ)
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: խիթ (xitʻ)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խիթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խիթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խիթ”, 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 325
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