նօթի

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

The original spelling is նաւթի (nawtʻi), probably inherited from Proto-Indo-European *n̥-h₁d-ti- (literally “having no eating”), from *n̥- (“not”) +‎ *h₁ed- (“to eat”) +‎ *-tis; cognate with Ancient Greek νῆστις (nêstis, “not eating, fasting, sober (jejune)”).[1][2] Equivalent to ան- (an-) +‎ ուտեմ (utem) +‎ -թի (-tʻi). The by-form անօթի (anōtʻi) can be explained as analogical after the privative prefix ան- (an-).

Adjective

նօթի • (nōtʻi)

  1. hungry, fasting

Declension
o-a-type
singular plural
nominative նօթի (nōtʻi) նօթիք (nōtʻikʻ)
genitive նօթւոյ (nōtʻwoy) նօթեաց (nōtʻeacʻ)
dative նօթւոյ (nōtʻwoy) նօթեաց (nōtʻeacʻ)
accusative նօթի (nōtʻi) նօթիս (nōtʻis)
ablative նօթւոյ (nōtʻwoy) նօթեաց (nōtʻeacʻ)
instrumental նօթեաւ (nōtʻeaw) նօթեօք (nōtʻeōkʻ)
locative նօթի (nōtʻi) նօթիս (nōtʻis)

Derived terms
  • անօթութիւն (anōtʻutʻiwn)
  • նօթութիւն (nōtʻutʻiwn)

Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: անօթի (anōtʻi), անօթեց (anōtʻecʻ), անօթէց (anōtʻēcʻ), անօթուց (anōtʻucʻ)
  • → Armenian: նոթի (notʻi) (learned)

References
  1. Klingenschmitt, Gert (1982) Das altarmenische Verbum (in German), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 67
  2. Beekes, Robert S. P. (1988) “Laryngeal developments: A survey”, in Alfred Bammesberger, editor, Die Laryngaltheorie und die Rekonstruktion des indogermanischen Laut- und Formensystems, Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Carl Winter, page 78

Further reading
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նօթի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նօթի”, 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, pages 477–478
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “nawt‘i”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 501
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 437
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