ձետ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ձետ (jet).

Pronunciation

Noun

ձետ • (jet)

  1. (archaic) tail of an animal

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative ձետ (jet) ձետեր (jeter)
dative ձետի (jeti) ձետերի (jeteri)
ablative ձետից (jeticʻ) ձետերից (jetericʻ)
instrumental ձետով (jetov) ձետերով (jeterov)
locative ձետում (jetum) ձետերում (jeterum)
definite forms
nominative ձետը / ձետն (jetə / jetn) ձետերը/ձետերն (jeterə/jetern)
dative ձետին (jetin) ձետերին (jeterin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative ձետս (jets) ձետերս (jeters)
dative ձետիս (jetis) ձետերիս (jeteris)
ablative ձետիցս (jeticʻs) ձետերիցս (jetericʻs)
instrumental ձետովս (jetovs) ձետերովս (jeterovs)
locative ձետումս (jetums) ձետերումս (jeterums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative ձետդ (jetd) ձետերդ (jeterd)
dative ձետիդ (jetid) ձետերիդ (jeterid)
ablative ձետիցդ (jeticʻd) ձետերիցդ (jetericʻd)
instrumental ձետովդ (jetovd) ձետերովդ (jeterovd)
locative ձետումդ (jetumd) ձետերումդ (jeterumd)

Middle Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian ձետ (jet), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰédos, from *ǵʰed-.

Noun

ձետ • (jet)

  1. penis

References

  • Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “ձետ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ցետ (cʻet)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰedos (rump, butt), from *ǵʰed- (to defecate) + *-os (suffix creating action nouns or result nouns from verbs, sometimes also agent nouns from intransitive verbs (see Stüber 2002)), with semantic shift: shitterrump, butttail. Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬛𐬀𐬵 m (zadah, buttocks) and Proto-Slavic *zadъ (rump) retaining the older meaning.

Noun

ձետ • (jet)

  1. tail (of a dog, fox, lion, etc.)
    Synonyms: պոչ (počʻ), ագի (agi), տուտն (tutn)
    ձետ առ ձետjet aṙ jettail to tail, one after another

Declension

o-type
singular plural
nominative ձետ (jet) ձետք (jetkʻ)
genitive ձետոյ (jetoy) ձետոց (jetocʻ)
dative ձետոյ (jetoy) ձետոց (jetocʻ)
accusative ձետ (jet) ձետս (jets)
ablative ձետոյ (jetoy) ձետոց (jetocʻ)
instrumental ձետով (jetov) ձետովք (jetovkʻ)
locative ձետ (jet) ձետս (jets)

Derived terms

  • քառաձետ (kʻaṙajet)

Descendants

  • Middle Armenian: ձետ (jet, penis)
  • Armenian: ձետ (jet) (learned)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “ձետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 150a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ձետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 470
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 432
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2024) “Armenian body part names: external genitalia”, in Peter Kocharov and Daniel Kölligan, editors, Studies in Armenian Grammar and Lexicon: Proceedings of the Workshop on Armenian Linguistics Würzburg, 4–5 April 2022 (Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft, Beihefte; 35), J.H. Röll, pages 178–179
  • Stüber, Karin (2002) Die primären s-Stämme des Indogermanischen (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, pages 85–86, 233, 253, 260