Old Armenian
Etymology
An ablaut grade of խայթ (xaytʻ), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.
Noun
խէթ • (xētʻ)
- bite of conscience
- pain in the stomach, irritation
- doubt, fear
- scowling gaze, spite, hate
- խեթիւ հայել, տեսանել ― xetʻiw hayel, tesanel ― to stare daggers, to look grim, to scowl
- խեթիւ հայել արեգական ― xetʻiw hayel aregakan ― to sunburn, to tan, to freckle, to brown
- danger, obstacle, impediment
- խէթ եւ խութ ընդ ոտն անկանել ― xētʻ ew xutʻ ənd otn ankanel ― to trip up, to oppose, to obstruct, to embarrass
Declension
i-type
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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խէթ (xētʻ)
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խէթք (xētʻkʻ)
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| genitive
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խեթի (xetʻi)
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խեթից (xetʻicʻ)
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| dative
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խեթի (xetʻi)
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խեթից (xetʻicʻ)
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| accusative
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խէթ (xētʻ)
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խէթս (xētʻs)
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| ablative
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խեթէ (xetʻē)
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խեթից (xetʻicʻ)
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| instrumental
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խեթիւ (xetʻiw)
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խեթիւք (xetʻiwkʻ)
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| locative
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խեթի (xetʻi)
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խէթս (xētʻs)
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i-type
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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խէթ (xētʻ)
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խէթք (xētʻkʻ)
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| genitive
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խէթի (xētʻi)
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խէթից (xētʻicʻ)
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| dative
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խէթի (xētʻi)
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խէթից (xētʻicʻ)
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| accusative
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խէթ (xētʻ)
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խէթս (xētʻs)
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| ablative
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խէթէ (xētʻē)
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խէթից (xētʻicʻ)
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| instrumental
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խէթիւ (xētʻiw)
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խէթիւք (xētʻiwkʻ)
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| locative
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խէթի (xētʻi)
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խէթս (xētʻs)
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i-type
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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խէթ (xētʻ)
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խէթք (xētʻkʻ)
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| genitive
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խիթի (xitʻi)
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խիթից (xitʻicʻ)
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| dative
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խիթի (xitʻi)
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խիթից (xitʻicʻ)
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| accusative
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խէթ (xētʻ)
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խէթս (xētʻs)
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| ablative
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խիթէ (xitʻē)
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խիթից (xitʻicʻ)
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| instrumental
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խիթիւ (xitʻiw)
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խիթիւք (xitʻiwkʻ)
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| locative
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խիթի (xitʻi)
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խէթս (xētʻs)
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Derived terms
- անխէթ (anxētʻ)
- բռնխէթք (bṙnxētʻkʻ)
- խիթամ (xitʻam)
- խիթացուցանեմ (xitʻacʻucʻanem)
- խիթեմ (xitʻem)
- մխիթար (mxitʻar)
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խէթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խէթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խէթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 327