խէթ

Old Armenian

Etymology

An ablaut grade of խայթ (xaytʿ), from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.

Noun

խէթ (xētʿ)

  1. bite of conscience
  2. pain in the stomach, irritation
  3. doubt, fear
  4. scowling gaze, spite, hate
    խեթիւ հայել, տեսանելxetʿiw hayel, tesanelto look daggers, to look grim, to scowl
    խեթիւ հայել արեգականxetʿiw hayel aregakanto sunburn, to tan, to freckle, to brown
  5. danger, obstacle, impediment
    խէթ եւ խութ ընդ ոտն անկանելxētʿ ew xutʿ ənd otn ankanelto trip up, to oppose, to obstruct, to embarrass

Declension

Derived terms

  • անխէթ (anxētʿ)
  • բռնխէթք (bṙnxētʿkʿ)
  • խիթամ (xitʿam)
  • խիթացուցանեմ (xitʿacʿucʿanem)

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), խէթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), խէթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), խէթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, 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, Boston: Brill, page 327
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