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նիստ

նիստ

Armenian

Noun

նիստ (nist)

  1. (archaic) sitting posture
  2. (archaic) position, situation
  3. meeting, session, sitting
  4. (geometry) facet, face

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

Noun

նիստ (nist)

  1. sitting posture; position, situation
    ի նիստ լինելi nist linel ― to sit up, to sit down, to be seated
    ի նիստ ննջելi nist nnǰel ― to sleep in a sitting posture
    նիստ առնուլnist aṙnul ― to be tranquillized, allayed, lulled into security
    երեք նստիւ նկարել զկենդանագիրerekʿ nstiw nkarel zkendanagir ― to paint a portrait in three sittings
    նստոյ տեղիnstoy tełi ― ass, butt
  2. seat, residence, abode
    նիստ բանակիnist banaki ― encampment
  3. royal residence, capital, royal palace
    նիստ արքունականnist arkʿunakan ― seat of Government, capital city
  4. property, possession
  5. sitting, session, meeting
    ի նիստ գումարիլi nist gumaril ― to hold a sitting
    ի նստի անդi nsti and ― during the sitting, forthwith, before separating

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References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), նիստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), նիստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), նիստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “nist”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 505