նիստ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian նիստ (nist).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

նիստ (nist)

  1. (archaic) sitting posture
  2. (archaic) position, situation
  3. meeting, session, sitting
  4. (geometry) facet, face

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *nisdós.

Noun[edit]

նիստ (nist)

  1. sitting posture; position, situation
    ի նիստ լինելi nist linelto sit up, to sit down, to be seated
    ի նիստ ննջելi nist nnǰelto sleep in a sitting posture
    նիստ առնուլnist aṙnulto be tranquillized, allayed, lulled into security
    երեք նստիւ նկարել զկենդանագիրerekʻ nstiw nkarel zkendanagirto paint a portrait in three sittings
    նստոյ տեղիnstoy tełiass, butt
  2. seat, residence, abode
    նիստ բանակիnist banakiencampment
  3. royal residence, capital, royal palace
    նիստ արքունականnist arkʻunakanseat of Government, capital city
  4. property, possession
  5. sitting, session, meeting
    ի նիստ գումարիլi nist gumarilto hold a sitting
    ի նստի անդi nsti andduring the sitting, forthwith, before separating

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: նիստ (nist)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նիստ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “նիստ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “նիստ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “nist”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 505