խայթ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian խայթ (xaytʻ); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

խայթ • (xaytʻ)

  1. bite
  2. sting
    մեղվի խայթmeġvi xaytʻsting of a bee
  3. (figuratively) pang, sting
    խղճի խայթxġči xaytʻsting of conscience

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-t-, from *kh₂eyd- (cut, hew).

Noun

խայթ • (xaytʻ)

  1. sting, bite
    խայթք մտաց, խղճիxaytʻkʻ mtacʻ, xłčiremorse, stings of conscience, compunction
  2. spur, goad, prickle
  3. (figuratively) incentive

Declension

Derived terms

  • խայթահար (xaytʻahar)
  • խայթահարեմ (xaytʻaharem)
  • խայթեմ (xaytʻem)
  • խայթիչ (xaytʻičʻ)
  • խայթողական (xaytʻołakan)
  • խայթողութիւն (xaytʻołutʻiwn)
  • խայթոց (xaytʻocʻ)
  • խայթոցաւոր (xaytʻocʻawor)
  • խայթուած (xaytʻuac)
  • խայթումն (xaytʻumn)
  • կարճախայթոց (karčaxaytʻocʻ)
  • չարախայթոց (čʻaraxaytʻocʻ)

Descendants

  • Armenian: խայթ (xaytʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խայթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խայթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “խայթ”, 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 324
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