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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կիրթ (kirtʻ).
Pronunciation
Adjective
կիրթ • (kirtʻ) (superlative ամենակիրթ)
- educated, cultivated
Declension
Old Armenian
Etymology
Perhaps an Iranian borrowing: compare Parthian 𐫐𐫏𐫡𐫅 (kyrd), 𐫞𐫏𐫡𐫅 (qyrd /kird/), Middle Persian 𐫐𐫏𐫡𐫅 (kyrd /kird/), past participle of the verb "to do, make" (see Persian کردن (kardan)).[1][2]
On the other hand, Ačaṙean connects with Georgian კრთომა (ḳrtoma, “quivering, trembling, shivering; fear, anxiety; shimmering (of light)”), დაკრთომა (daḳrtoma, “being startled; fright”), Old Georgian გაკრთომა (gaḳrtoma, “astonishing”), კირთება (ḳirteba, “slavery; oppression”) which correspond to some of the senses of կիրթ (kirtʻ), կրթեմ (krtʻem), e.g. յապուշ կրթեմ (yapuš krtʻem, “to be surprised, astonished”), and derives all from an unattested Urartian substrate.[3]
Adjective
կիրթ • (kirtʻ)
- well-bred, instructed, practised
- կիրթ ախորժակ ― kirtʻ axoržak ― exquisite taste
- կիրթ ի մտի ունել ― kirtʻ i mti unel ― to memorize well
Declension
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կիրթ (kirtʻ)
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կիրթք (kirtʻkʻ)
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կիրթ (kirtʻ)
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կիրթս (kirtʻs)
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Noun
կիրթ • (kirtʻ)
- (often in the plural) instruction, training
- ընդ կիրթ անցանել ― ənd kirtʻ ancʻanel ― to exercise, to practise, to experience
- ընդ կիրթ անցուցանել ― ənd kirtʻ ancʻucʻanel ― to instruct, to teach, to educate, to bring or train up
- ի կիրթ անկանել զհետ իրիք ― i kirtʻ ankanel zhet irikʻ ― to devote, to dedicate oneself to
- ի կիրթս առաքինութեան մխել ― i kirtʻs aṙakʻinutʻean mxel ― to exercise or practise virtue
- անցանել ընդ կիրթս իրիք ― ancʻanel ənd kirtʻs irikʻ ― to get used or accustomed to
- ի կիրթ ձգեալ հասանել ումեք ― i kirtʻ jgeal hasanel umekʻ ― to gain on or close up with one running
Declension
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կիրթ (kirtʻ)
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կիրթս (kirtʻs)
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the oblique cases are not attested
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կիրթ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 407a
- ^ 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 888
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիրթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 594–595
Further reading
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կիրթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կիրթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կիրթք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy