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Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing: compare Middle Persian (ʾp̄ʾyt' /abāyēd/, “it is necessary, fitting; must”), Persian باید (bâyad).
Noun
պէտ • (pēt) indeclinable
- need, necessity
- պէտ առնել ― pēt aṙnel ― to take care, to care, to do the needful or necessary
- պէտ լինել ― pēt linel ― to be necessary
- թէ պէտ իցէ ― tʻē pēt icʻē ― if need be
- ո եւ պէտ ― o ew pēt ― whoever, whosoever
- որչափ պէտ ― orčʻapʻ pēt ― as much as you will or wish
- պէտ է ― pēt ē ― it must be, it is necessary
- չէ պէտ ― čʻē pēt ― it need not be, it is unnecessary
- չեն ինչ ինձ պէտ աղօթք ― čʻen inčʻ inj pēt ałōtʻkʻ ― I do not want prayers
- ինձ ոչ է պէտ զայնմանէ ― inj očʻ ē pēt zaynmanē ― I care not about
- ում եւ պէտ ― um ew pēt ― useless, worthless, futile, flimsy; whatever, whatsoever; uselessly
- պէտք մարմնոյ ― pētkʻ marmnoy ― needs, jobs, going to stool
- նստիլ ի պէտս, վճարել զպէտս մարմնոյն ― nstil i pēts, včarel zpēts marmnoyn ― to go to stool, to evacuate the bowels
- ի պէտս ― i pēts ― for use or service; for
- յի՞նչ պէտս ― yi?nčʻ pēts ― for what use or purpose? why?
- պէտք կենաց ― pētkʻ kenacʻ ― the necessities of life
- պէտք են, պէտք է, ի պէտս է ― pētkʻ en, pētkʻ ē, i pēts ē ― it must, it is necessary
- չեն պէտք ― čʻen pētkʻ ― it must not, it is not necessary
- յոչինչ պէտս ― yočʻinčʻ pēts ― in vain, uselessly
- պէտք յանձին ունել ― pētkʻ yanjin unel ― to have care, to be concerned, to reck
- պէտս ունել ― pēts unel ― to want, to need, to be or to stand in want of
- ի պէտս գալ ― i pēts gal ― to be useful or serviceable
- պէտս առնել, պիտօք վարիլ ― pēts aṙnel, pitōkʻ varil ― to use, to make use for, to avail oneself of
- պէտս ունել զիմեքէ ― pēts unel zimekʻē ― to devote or apply oneself to
- զպէտս հոգւոյն հատուցանել / վճարել Տեառն ― zpēts hogwoyn hatucʻanel / včarel Teaṙn ― to breathe one's last, to die
- պէտս ունիմ / պէտս են ինձ երթալ ― pēts unim / pēts en inj ertʻal ― I must go
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Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պէտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 79–80
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պէտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պէտք”, 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 542
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “պէտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 636ab
- 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 905
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պէտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պէտք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy