Armenian

Alternative forms

Noun

գութ • ‎(gutʿ)

1. pity, compassion

Declension

Derived terms

References

1. 1 2 3 4 Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գութ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 388b

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.^[1]

According to J̌ahukyan, perhaps inherited from Proto-Indo-European *gʰōdʰ-to-, from the root *gʰedʰ- ‎(“to unite, be associated, suit”), whence Proto-Germanic *gōdaz ‎(“good”), Old Church Slavonic ѹгодити ‎(ugoditi, “to please, be pleasing”), Russian вы́года ‎(výgoda, “profit”), etc. He remarks that inheritance from Proto-Indo-European *gʰow-to-, from the root *gʰow- ‎(“to notice, pay attention to”), whence Latin faveo ‎(“to favour”), Old Norse gá ‎(“to heed, mark”), is less likely.^[2]

Olsen derives from Proto-Indo-European *woHto-.^[3]

Noun

գութ • ‎(gutʿ)

1. pity, compassion, feeling

   ի գութ շարժել, ածել, գութ արկանել, ի գութ խանդաղատանց շարժել‎ ― i gutʿ šaržel, acel, gutʿ arkanel, i gutʿ xandałatancʿ šaržel ― to move, to soften, to entreat tenderly

   փակել զգութս իւր յումեէէ‎ ― pʿakel zgutʿs iwr yumeēē ― to harden one's heart against another

   գութք նորա առաւել եւս են ի ձեզ‎ ― gutʿkʿ nora aṙawel ews en i jez ― he loves yon more intensely

   առ գութ տոհմի նորա‎ ― aṙ gutʿ tohmi nora ― for the love of his race

   յիմարիլ ի գութ երեսաց ուրուք‎ ― yimaril i gutʿ eresacʿ urukʿ ― to go mad on account of the beauty of some one

   գութ մեր առաջի երեսաց քոց‎ ― gutʿ mer aṙaǰi eresacʿ kʿocʿ ― let our supplications find favour in thy sight

   կին առնուլ ի նմանէ զի գութ անկցի‎ ― kin aṙnul i nmanē zi gutʿ ankcʿi ― to marry into his family for the purpose of strengthening the bonds of friendship

2. supplication, prayer, entreaty
   • 5th century, Bible, Daniel 9.20

     Եւ մինչդեռ ես խօսէի եւ յաղօթս կայի, եւ խոստովան լինէի զմեղս իմ եւ զմեղս ժողովրդեանն Իսրայելի, եւ արկանէի զգութս առաջի Տեառն Աստուածոյ իմոյ վասն լերինն սրբոյ։

     And whiles I [was] speaking, and praying, and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for the holy mountain of my God.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: գութ ‎(gutʿ)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “գութ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “գութ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

1. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “գութ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 587ab
2. ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “գութ”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 171a
3. ↑ 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 774