սաթ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian սաթ (satʿ).

Pronunciation

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Noun

սաթ (satʿ)

  1. amber
    սև սաթsew satʿblack amber, jet
    Synonym: քեհրիբար (kʿehribar)
  2. black amber, jet

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is unknown.[1]

Noun

սաթ (satʿ)

  1. amber; black amber, jet
    Synonym: բազմագունի ակն (bazmaguni akn)
    • c. 600 CEc. 670 CE, Anania Širakacʿi, Ašxarhacʿoycʿ [Geography] :
      լինի սաթ, բոյս փափուկ, որ ՚ի ծովէ ելեալ յարեւ քարանայ, եւ լինի անդ կարմիր յակունթ
      lini satʿ, boys pʿapʿuk, or ’i covē eleal yarew kʿaranay, ew lini and karmir yakuntʿ
      • 1992 translation by Robert H. Hewsen
        Amber is found here [Libya], a delicate plant from the sea, which petrifies in the sun; and also the red hyacinth.

Usage notes

Based on the Ašxarhacʿoycʿ quotation some dictionaries assume also the meaning “a kind of black coral” for this word.

Declension

Adjective

սաթ (satʿ)

  1. jet-black
    • 951 CE – 1003, Grigor Narekacʿi, Tał yarutʿean 8:
      Եթէ եզինքն են սաթ ու սպիտակ []
      Etʿē ezinkʿn en satʿ u spitak []

Derived terms

  • սաթնուկ (satʿnuk)
  • սաթբերունի (satʿberuni)
  • Սաթենիկ (Satʿenik) (possibly)

Descendants

References

  1. Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), սաթ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 154–155

Further reading

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), սաթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 683b
  • Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), սաթ”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), սաթ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 627b
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