կարծր

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Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կարծր (karcr).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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կարծր (karcr) (superlative ամենակարծր)

  1. hard, solid, stiff, rigid
    կարծր դառնալkarcr daṙnalto harden
    կարծր ջուրkarcr ǰurhard water
  2. firm, tough, dry
  3. (figuratively) cruel, callous, ruthless

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Usually connected with Ancient Greek γοργός (gorgós, terrible), Proto-Celtic *gargos (rough, fierce) and Proto-Slavic *groza (horror) as an inheritance from Proto-Indo-European,[1][2][3][4] but this not accepted by newer sources.

Adjective

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կարծր (karcr)

  1. hard, solid, firm
  2. (figuratively) harsh

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: կարծր (karcr) (learned)

References

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  1. ^ Scheftelowitz, J. (1904) “Zur altarmenischen lautgeschichte”, in Beiträge zur kunde der indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 28, page 295
  2. ^ Pedersen, Holger (1906) “Armenisch und die Nachbarsprachen”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen (in German), volume 39, number 3, page 379
  3. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կարծր”, 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 552
  4. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 353

Further reading

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