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օթ

օթ

Armenian

Noun

օթ (ōtʿ)

  1. (archaic) spending/passing the night
  2. (archaic) sleeping place, lodging, inn

Declension

References

  • օթ”, in Žamanakakicʿ hayocʿ lezvi bacʿatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969–1980

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The original spelling is աւթ (awtʿ), a *-ti-derivative of ագ- (ag-, to spend the night), perhaps formed in Proto-Armenian.

Noun

օթ (ōtʿ)

  1. spending/passing the night
    գնացեալ ընդ անապատ օթս երկուսgnacʿeal ənd anapat ōtʿs erkus ― journeying two days in the desert
  2. sleeping place, lodging, inn
    առ օթ դադարել ուրեքaṙ ōtʿ dadarel urekʿ ― to pass the night in a place, to make a halt
    օթ առնելōtʿ aṙnel ― to stop or stay with, to lodge at
  3. evening
    առ օթaṙ ōtʿ ― towards dusk, in the evening

Declension

Derived terms

  • բացօթեագ (bacʿōtʿeag)
  • բացօթեայ (bacʿōtʿeay)
  • գիշերօթիմ (gišerōtʿim)
  • երեկօթոց (erekōtʿocʿ)
  • երեկօթք (erekōtʿkʿ)
  • ցայգօթ (cʿaygōtʿ)
  • օթագայանամ (ōtʿagayanam)
  • օթագայիմ (ōtʿagayim)
  • օթագանիմ (ōtʿaganim)
  • օթանոց (ōtʿanocʿ)
  • օթարան (ōtʿaran)
  • օթեակ (ōtʿeak)
  • օթեկ (ōtʿek)
  • օթեկան (ōtʿekan)

Descendants

  • Armenian: օթ (ōtʿ)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), օթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), օթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “awt‘”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 151