թութ

Armenian

Black mulberry fruit (Morus nigra) in Yerevan, Armenia

Etymology

From Middle Armenian թութ (tʻutʻ), from Old Armenian թութ (tʻutʻ).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /tʰutʰ/, [tʰutʰ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /tut/, [tʰutʰ]

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Noun

թութ • (tʻutʻ)

1. mulberry (fruit)

   թթի արաղ ― tʻtʻi araġ ― mulberry vodka, tutovka

2. (dialectal, medicine) mulberry-like sore, ulcer (on the tongue, nostrils or anywhere else on the body)
3. (dialectal, medicine) Alternative form of թութք (tʻutʻkʻ, “hemorrhoids”)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	թութ (tʻutʻ)	թթեր (tʻtʻer)
dative	թթի (tʻtʻi)	թթերի (tʻtʻeri)
ablative	թթից (tʻtʻicʻ)	թթերից (tʻtʻericʻ)
instrumental	թթով (tʻtʻov)	թթերով (tʻtʻerov)
locative	թթում (tʻtʻum)	թթերում (tʻtʻerum)
	definite forms
nominative	թութը/թութն (tʻutʻə/tʻutʻn)	թթերը/թթերն (tʻtʻerə/tʻtʻern)
dative	թթին (tʻtʻin)	թթերին (tʻtʻerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	թութս (tʻutʻs)	թթերս (tʻtʻers)
dative	թթիս (tʻtʻis)	թթերիս (tʻtʻeris)
ablative	թթիցս (tʻtʻicʻs)	թթերիցս (tʻtʻericʻs)
instrumental	թթովս (tʻtʻovs)	թթերովս (tʻtʻerovs)
locative	թթումս (tʻtʻums)	թթերումս (tʻtʻerums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	թութդ (tʻutʻd)	թթերդ (tʻtʻerd)
dative	թթիդ (tʻtʻid)	թթերիդ (tʻtʻerid)
ablative	թթիցդ (tʻtʻicʻd)	թթերիցդ (tʻtʻericʻd)
instrumental	թթովդ (tʻtʻovd)	թթերովդ (tʻtʻerovd)
locative	թթումդ (tʻtʻumd)	թթերումդ (tʻtʻerumd)

Derived terms

• թթալյուր (tʻtʻalyur)
• թթահոտ (tʻtʻahot)
• թթաչիր (tʻtʻačʻir)
• թթի (tʻtʻi)
• թթուտ (tʻtʻut)
• թութահաց (tʻutʻahacʻ)
• թութխոտ (tʻutʻxot)

 

Related terms

• թթենի (tʻtʻeni)

Further reading

• Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “թութ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian թութ (tʻutʻ). The sense of sores or haemorrhoids possibly a semantic loan from Classical Syriac ܬܘܬܐ (tūṯā), that is found therewith already in the 6th-century Book of Medicines and has similar analogues like Arabic بَاسُور (bāsūr, “haemorrhoids”) from a derivative of Classical Syriac ܒܣܪܐ (*busrā, “unripe grapes”).

Noun

թութ • (tʻutʻ)

1. mulberry (fruit)
2. (medicine) mulberry-like sore, ulcer, hemorrhoid

   Synonyms: սունկն (sunkn), պաւասիր (pawasir)

   • 13th century, Faraj the Syrian, Bžškaran jioy ew aṙhasarak grastnoy [Medical Book on Horses and Other Beasts of Burden] 20:^[1]

     Յաղագս թըթի, որ լինի ի տոշն եւ ի ձուքն

     Yaġags tʻətʻi, or lini i tošn ew i jukʻn

     About tʻutʻ, which occurs on the horse penis and testicles

   • 13th century, Faraj the Syrian, Bžškaran jioy ew aṙhasarak grastnoy [Medical Book on Horses and Other Beasts of Burden] 117:^[2]

     Յաղագս թթի, որ ի սմբակն կենայ

     Yaġags tʻtʻi, or i smbakn kenay

     On tʻutʻ, which is at the hoof

   • 13th century, Faraj the Syrian, Bžškaran jioy ew aṙhasarak grastnoy [Medical Book on Horses and Other Beasts of Burden] 170:^[3]

     Յաղագս թթի, որ քիթքն ելնէ

     Yaġags tʻtʻi, or kʻitʻkʻn elnē

     On tʻutʻ, which comes out on the nostrils

   • 1466 – 1469, Amirdovlatʻ Amasiacʻi, Ogut bžškutʻean [The Benefits of Medicine] 146:^[4]

     Պաւասիր որ է սունկն եւ թութ որ ի նստոյտեղն լինայ

     Pawasir or ē sunkn ew tʻutʻ or i nstoyteġn linay

Descendants

• Armenian: թութ (tʻutʻ), թութք (tʻutʻkʻ)

References

1. Čʻugaszyan, B. L. (1980) Bžškaran jioy ew aṙhasarak grastnoy (ŽG dar) [Medical Book on Horses and Other Beasts of Burden (13th century)]‎, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 113
2. Čʻugaszyan, B. L. (1980) Bžškaran jioy ew aṙhasarak grastnoy (ŽG dar) [Medical Book on Horses and Other Beasts of Burden (13th century)]‎, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 143
3. Čʻugaszyan, B. L. (1980) Bžškaran jioy ew aṙhasarak grastnoy (ŽG dar) [Medical Book on Horses and Other Beasts of Burden (13th century)]‎, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 159
4. Amirtovlatʻ Amasiacʻi (1940) St. Malxaseancʻ, editor, Ōgut bžškutʻean [The Benefits of Medicine]‎, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 368

Further reading

• Amirtovlatʻ Amasiacʻi (1940) St. Malxaseancʻ, editor, Ōgut bžškutʻean [The Benefits of Medicine]‎, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 552b
• Čʻugaszyan, B. L. (1980) Bžškaran jioy ew aṙhasarak grastnoy (ŽG dar) [Medical Book on Horses and Other Beasts of Burden (13th century)]‎, Yerevan: Academy Press, page 194
• Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “թութ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 249a
• Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “թութ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 233

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. See Persian توت (tut) for more.

Noun

թութ • (tʻutʻ)

1. mulberry (fruit)
   • 5th century, Bible, Amos 7.14:

     Պատասխանի ետ Ամովս եւ ասէ ցԱմասիա․ Ես ոչ մարգարէ էի եւ ոչ որդի մարգարէի, այլ հովիւ էի՝ եւ թութ քաղէի։

     Patasxani et Amovs ew asē cʻAmasia; Es očʻ margarē ēi ew očʻ ordi margarēi, ayl hoviw ēi, ew tʻutʻ kʻałēi.

     And Amos answered, and said to Amasias, I was not a prophet, nor the son of a prophet; but I was a herdman, and a gatherer of mulberry fruits.

   • 5th century, Agatʻangełos, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of the Armenians] 644:^[1][2]

     Սոյնպէս կիտրոնն եւ ապաբաղսամոնն եւ դափնին եւ ձիթենին գեղեցիկ եւ սերկեւիլն եւ մուրտն եւ ընկոյզն եւ նուշն եւ քնարուկն եւ հաճարուկն եւ թութն եւ նուռնն եւ հոյնն:

     Soynpēs kitronn ew apabałsamonn ew dapʻnin ew jitʻenin gełecʻik ew serkewiln ew murtn ew ənkoyzn ew nušn ew kʻnarukn ew hačarukn ew tʻutʻn ew nuṙnn ew hoynn:

     • Translation by Robert W. Thomson

       Likewise the lemon and balsamon, and laurel and beautiful olive tree, and quince and myrtle, and nut and almond, and lotus and holly, and mulberry and pomegranate and cornel tree.

Declension

	singular		plural
nominative	թութ (tʻutʻ)		թութք (tʻutʻkʻ)
genitive	թթոյ (tʻtʻoy)		թթոց (tʻtʻocʻ)
dative	թթոյ (tʻtʻoy)		թթոց (tʻtʻocʻ)
accusative	թութ (tʻutʻ)		թութս (tʻutʻs)
ablative	թթոյ (tʻtʻoy)		թթոց (tʻtʻocʻ)
instrumental	թթով (tʻtʻov)		թթովք (tʻtʻovkʻ)
locative	թութ (tʻutʻ)		թութս (tʻutʻs)

o-type

Derived terms

• թթենի (tʻtʻeni)
• թթաքաղ (tʻtʻakʻał)

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: թութ (tʻutʻ)
  • Armenian: թութ (tʻutʻ), թութք (tʻutʻkʻ)

References

1. Agatʻangełos (1909) G. Tēr-Mkrtčʻean and St. Kanayeancʻ, editors, Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ [History of Armenia] (Patmagirkʻ hayocʻ; I.2)‎, Tiflis: Aragatip Mnacʻakan Martiroseancʻi, page 330
2. Thomson, Robert W. (2001) The teaching of Saint Gregory (Avant: Treasures of the Armenian Christian Tradition; 1), revised edition, New Rochelle, New York: St. Nersess Armenian Seminary, page 206

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թութ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 202
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “թութ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 820c
• Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 24–25
• Mkrtčjan, N. A. (1983) “Субстратные названия растений в армянском языке [Substratum Plant Names in Armenian]”, in Древний Восток‎ (in Russian), number 4, Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 26–27
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 882
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թութ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 229a