ձետ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ձետ (jet).

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /d͡zet/ [d͡zet]
(Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /t͡sed/ [t͡sʰed]

Noun

ձետ • (jet)

(archaic) tail of an animal

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
	singular	plural
nominative	ձետ (jet)	ձետեր (jeter)
dative	ձետի (jeti)	ձետերի (jeteri)
ablative	ձետից (jeticʻ)	ձետերից (jetericʻ)
instrumental	ձետով (jetov)	ձետերով (jeterov)
locative	ձետում (jetum)	ձետերում (jeterum)

	definite forms
nominative	ձետը / ձետն (jetə / jetn)	ձետերը / ձետերն (jeterə / jetern)
dative	ձետին (jetin)	ձետերին (jeterin)

	1^st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	ձետս (jets)	ձետերս (jeters)
dative	ձետիս (jetis)	ձետերիս (jeteris)
ablative	ձետիցս (jeticʻs)	ձետերիցս (jetericʻs)
instrumental	ձետովս (jetovs)	ձետերովս (jeterovs)
locative	ձետումս (jetums)	ձետերումս (jeterums)

	2^nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	ձետդ (jetd)	ձետերդ (jeterd)
dative	ձետիդ (jetid)	ձետերիդ (jeterid)
ablative	ձետիցդ (jeticʻd)	ձետերիցդ (jetericʻd)
instrumental	ձետովդ (jetovd)	ձետերովդ (jeterovd)
locative	ձետումդ (jetumd)	ձետերումդ (jeterumd)

Middle Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian ձետ (jet), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰédos, from *ǵʰed-.

Noun

ձետ • (jet)

penis

References

Ġazaryan, Ṙuben; Avetisyan, Henrik (2009), “ձետ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

ցետ (cʻet)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰedos (“rump, butt”), from *ǵʰed- (“to defecate”) + *-os (suffix creating action nouns or result nouns from verbs, sometimes also agent nouns from intransitive verbs (see Stüber 2002)), with semantic shift: shitter → rump, butt → tail. Compare Avestan 𐬰𐬀𐬛𐬀𐬵 m (zadah, “buttocks”) and Proto-Slavic *zadъ (“rump”) retaining the older meaning.

Noun

ձետ • (jet)

tail (of a dog, fox, lion, etc.)
Synonyms: պոչ (počʻ), ագի (agi), տուտն (tutn)

ձետ առ ձետ ― jet aṙ jet ― tail to tail, one after another

Declension

o-type
	singular	plural
nominative	ձետ (jet)	ձետք (jetkʻ)
genitive	ձետոյ (jetoy)	ձետոց (jetocʻ)
dative	ձետոյ (jetoy)	ձետոց (jetocʻ)
accusative	ձետ (jet)	ձետս (jets)
ablative	ձետոյ (jetoy)	ձետոց (jetocʻ)
instrumental	ձետով (jetov)	ձետովք (jetovkʻ)
locative	ձետ (jet)	ձետս (jets)

Derived terms

քառաձետ (kʻaṙajet)

Descendants

Middle Armenian: ձետ (jet, “penis”)
→ Armenian: ձետ (jet) (learned)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977), “ձետ”, 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, page 150a
Awetikʻean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ձետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897), Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 470
Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 432
Martirosyan, Hrach (2024), “Armenian body part names: external genitalia”, in Peter Kocharov and Daniel Kölligan, editors, Studies in Armenian Grammar and Lexicon: Proceedings of the Workshop on Armenian Linguistics Würzburg, 4–5 April 2022 (Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft, Beihefte; 35), J.H. Röll, pages 178–179
Stüber, Karin (2002), Die primären s-Stämme des Indogermanischen (in German), Wiesbaden: Reichert Verlag, pages 85–86, 233, 253, 260