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Old Armenian
Etymology
A Semitic borrowing. See Arabic زِفْت (zift) for more. For ձ- (j-) compare ձէթ (jētʻ).
Noun
ձիւթ • (jiwtʻ)
- pitch (a dark, extremely viscous material remaining in still after distilling crude oil and tar)
5th century,
Bible,
Daniel 3.46:
[1]- Եւ ոչ դադարէին որք արկին զնոսա սպասաւորք թագաւորին ի հնոցն բորբոքելոյ նաւթիւ եւ ձիթով եւ վշով եւ որթով:
- Ew očʻ dadarēin orkʻ arkin znosa spasaworkʻ tʻagaworin i hnocʻn borbokʻeloy nawtʻiw ew jitʻov ew všov ew ortʻov:
- Translation by New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
- Now the king’s servants who threw them in kept stoking the furnace with naphtha, pitch, tow, and brushwood.
Declension
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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ձիւթ (jiwtʻ)
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ձիւթք (jiwtʻkʻ)
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| genitive
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ձիթոյ (jitʻoy)
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ձիթոց (jitʻocʻ)
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| dative
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ձիթոյ (jitʻoy)
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ձիթոց (jitʻocʻ)
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| accusative
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ձիւթ (jiwtʻ)
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ձիւթս (jiwtʻs)
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| ablative
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ձիթոյ (jitʻoy)
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ձիթոց (jitʻocʻ)
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| instrumental
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ձիթով (jitʻov)
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ձիթովք (jitʻovkʻ)
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| locative
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ձիւթ (jiwtʻ)
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ձիւթս (jiwtʻs)
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: ձյութ (jyutʻ)
- → Old Georgian: ძივთი (ʒivti) (or directly from Semitic)
References
- ^ Cowe, S. Peter (1992) The Armenian version of Daniel (University of Pennsylvania Armenian texts and studies; 9), Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars Press, page 170
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ձիւթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 154ab
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձիւթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 458
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 185, 310
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ձիւթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy