մոյթ
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *mewtʰi-. Cognates include Sanskrit मेथि (methi, “pillar, post”), Lithuanian miẽtas (“stake, picket”), Latvian miets (“stake, picket”), Latin meta (“goal; end, boundary”) and Old Norse meiðr (“beam; pole; tree”).
Noun
մոյթ • (moytʿ)
- stay, support, prop, jamb, pillar, pilaster, stanchion, buttress
- մոյթ դնել ― moytʿ dnel ― to prop, to support, to shore up
- մոյթ լարակալ ― moytʿ larakal ― bridge of a musical instrument
Declension
i-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | մոյթ (moytʿ) | մոյթք (moytʿkʿ) | |
| genitive | մութի (mutʿi) | մութից (mutʿicʿ) | |
| dative | մութի (mutʿi) | մութից (mutʿicʿ) | |
| accusative | մոյթ (moytʿ) | մոյթս (moytʿs) | |
| ablative | մութէ (mutʿē) | մութից (mutʿicʿ) | |
| instrumental | մութիւ (mutʿiw) | մութիւք (mutʿiwkʿ) | |
| locative | մութի (mutʿi) | մոյթս (moytʿs) |
Descendants
- Armenian: մույթ (muytʿ)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մոյթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մոյթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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