յետին

Old Armenian

Etymology

From յետ (yet) + -ին (-in).

Adjective

յետին • (yetin)

  1. last, furthest, ulterior, posterior
    յետին օրyetin ōrthe day of judgment, doomsday
    յետին կողմնyetin kołmnpoop, stern on a ship
  2. lowest, meanest
  3. (figuratively) extreme, utmost, greatest, utter, uttermost
    յետին չքաւորութիւնyetin čʿkʿaworutʿiwnutter misery, extreme poverty
    յետին կարօտութիւնyetin karōtutʿiwnextreme need
  4. (nominalized) the end, the extremity
  5. (nominalized, in the plural) posterity

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: հետին (hetin)

References

  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), յետին”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʿerakanutʿiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 71
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), յետին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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