# բութ
## Armenian
### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /butʰ/, [butʰ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /put/, [pʰutʰ]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)

### Etymology 1

Dialectal development of Old Armenian բոյթ (boytʻ).

#### Alternative forms

* բույթ (buytʻ) — rare

#### Noun

բութ • (butʻ)
* (anatomy) thumb

##### Related terms

* բթել (btʻel)
* բոթել (botʻel)

### Etymology 2

From Old Armenian բութ (butʻ).

#### Adjective

բութ • (butʻ) (superlative ամենաբութ)
* stupid, slow-witted, obtuse
* dull, blunt, not sharp
    Synonym: գուլ (gul)
    Antonym: սուր (sur)
* (geometry, of an angle) obtuse
    Antonym: սուր (sur)

##### Derived terms

* բթամիտ (btʻamit)
* բթանալ (btʻanal)

#### Noun

բութ • (butʻ)
* The ՝ sign, also called Armenian comma, which is used in Armenian to indicate a pause longer than a ստորակետ (storaket, “comma”) and shorter than a միջակետ (miǰaket) or վերջակետ (verǰaket, “period/full stop”).

##### Declension
## Old Armenian
### Etymology

Ačaṙyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *bʰut-, with cognates only in Germanic: Dutch bot, Danish but, Low German butt (“blunt, clumsy”), etc. For the Germanic cognates see *buttaz.

### Adjective

բութ • (butʻ)
* stupid, slow-witted, obtuse
* dull, blunt, not sharp
* (of accent) grave
* (geometry, of an angle) obtuse

#### Declension
### Noun

բութ • (butʻ)
* the ՝ punctuation mark, also called Armenian grave accent
** 6th century, Dionysius Thrax, The Art of Grammar :Ոլորակ է բացագանչութիւն պատկանաւոր ձայնի, թե ըստ վերսաստութեան շեշտիւն, թե ըստ հարթութեան բթիւն [translating βαρεῖα (bareîa)], թե ըստ պարբեկութեան պարուկաւն։Olorak ē bacʻagančʻutʻiwn patkanawor jayni, tʻe əst versastutʻean šeštiwn, tʻe əst hartʻutʻean btʻiwn [translating βαρεῖα (bareîa)], tʻe əst parbekutʻean parukawn.Tone is the resonance of a voice endowed with harmony. It is heightened in the acute, balanced in the grave, and broken in the circumflex.

#### Declension
### Derived terms

* անբթացեալ (anbtʻacʻeal)
* անբթելի (anbtʻeli)
* բթագոյն (btʻagoyn)
* բթահայեաց (btʻahayeacʻ)
* բթանկիւն (btʻankiwn)
* բթացուցանեմ (btʻacʻucʻanem)
* բթեմ (btʻem)
* բթեցուցանեմ (btʻecʻucʻanem)
* բթիմ (btʻim)
* բթութիւն (btʻutʻiwn)
* բութանկիւն (butʻankiwn)

### Descendants

* Armenian: բութ (butʻ)

### References

* ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 42–43
* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “բութ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 479–480
* ↑ Adonc, N. (1915) Дионисий Фракийский и армянские толкователи [Dionysius Thrax and Armenian commentators] (Bibliotheca Armeno-Georgica; 4), Saint Petersburg: Academy Press, page 3

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “բութ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 510ab
* J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “բութ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 331c
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “բութ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 106a