շանթ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian շանթ (šantʻ).

Pronunciation

Noun

շանթ (šantʻ)

  1. lightning
  2. lightning strike

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative շանթ (šantʻ) շանթեր (šantʻer)
dative շանթի (šantʻi) շանթերի (šantʻeri)
ablative շանթից (šantʻicʻ) շանթերից (šantʻericʻ)
instrumental շանթով (šantʻov) շանթերով (šantʻerov)
locative շանթում (šantʻum) շանթերում (šantʻerum)
definite forms
nominative շանթը/շանթն (šantʻə/šantʻn) շանթերը/շանթերն (šantʻerə/šantʻern)
dative շանթին (šantʻin) շանթերին (šantʻerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative շանթս (šantʻs) շանթերս (šantʻers)
dative շանթիս (šantʻis) շանթերիս (šantʻeris)
ablative շանթիցս (šantʻicʻs) շանթերիցս (šantʻericʻs)
instrumental շանթովս (šantʻovs) շանթերովս (šantʻerovs)
locative շանթումս (šantʻums) շանթերումս (šantʻerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative շանթդ (šantʻd) շանթերդ (šantʻerd)
dative շանթիդ (šantʻid) շանթերիդ (šantʻerid)
ablative շանթիցդ (šantʻicʻd) շանթերիցդ (šantʻericʻd)
instrumental շանթովդ (šantʻovd) շանթերովդ (šantʻerovd)
locative շանթումդ (šantʻumd) շանթերումդ (šantʻerumd)

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “շանթ”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • շանթ”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Uncertain. An overview of opinions follows.

Noun

շանթ (šantʻ)

  1. lightning, thunderbolt; (fiery) bolt
    • 5th century, Bible, Job 38.35:[1]
      Արձակիցե՞ս շանթս` եւ գնայցեն․ եւ ասիցեն ցքեզ թէ զի՞նչ է։
      Arjakicʻe?s šantʻs` ew gnaycʻen; ew asicʻen cʻkʻez tʻē zi?nčʻ ē.
      • Translation by Claude E. Cox
        Will you send out thunderbolts—and will they go? And will they say to you, ‘What is it?’
  2. heavenly fire
  3. spark, flash
  4. red-hot iron
    հրացեալ շանթիւք պսակել զոքhracʻeal šantʻiwkʻ psakel zokʻto crown with a bent, red hot spit
  5. ingot; a kind of measure of weight
  6. (attributively) red-hot

Usage notes

In Job, translates Ancient Greek κεραυνός (keraunós).

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: շանթ (šantʻ)
  • Georgian: შანთი (šanti)

References

  1. ^ Cox, Claude E. (2006) Armenian Job: reconstructed Greek text, critical edition of the Armenian with English translation (Hebrew University Armenian studies; 8), Leuven – Paris – Dudley, MA: Peeters, page 247
  2. ^ Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 247

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