կռիւ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Back-formation from կռուիմ (kṙuim). Compare ցրիւ (cʻriw).

Noun

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կռիւ (kṙiw)

  1. place to put one's foot
    կռիւ ոտիցkṙiw oticʻplace to put one's foot
  2. quarrel, struggle, combat, battle; contest, dispute
    ի կռիւ կալ, ի կռիւ ելանել, վառիլ ի կռիւ, ի կռիւ կաքաւել, ի կռիւ մատչել ընդi kṙiw kal, i kṙiw elanel, vaṙil i kṙiw, i kṙiw kakʻawel, i kṙiw matčʻel əndto oppose, to resist, to contend, to contest, to combat; to come to blows
    ի կռիւ արշաւելi kṙiw aršawelto take the field, to open the campaign
    ի կռիւ կոչելi kṙiw kočʻelto throw down one's glove, to defy, to challenge

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: կռիվ (kṙiv)
    • Georgian: კრივი (ḳrivi)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կռիւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կռիւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կռիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy