խօթ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The original spelling is խաւթ (xawtʻ), an ablaut of խայթ (xaytʻ), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-, perhaps via a form *kh₂(e)d-t-.

Adjective

խօթ • (xōtʻ)

  1. sick, sickly, unhealthy, infirm (of body, eye, or ear)
    խօթ էxōtʻ ēhe is sick
  2. lazy, slothful, sluggish, idle

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • անխօթացեալ (anxōtʻacʻeal)
  • խօթակից (xōtʻakicʻ)
  • խօթամիտ (xōtʻamit)
  • խօթանամ (xōtʻanam)
  • խօթապատճառ (xōtʻapatčaṙ)
  • խօթասիրտ (xōtʻasirt)
  • խօթութիւն (xōtʻutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: խոթ (xotʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խօթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խօթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խօթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • 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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