խստիւ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Instrumental case of խիստ (xist), used as an adverb.

Adverb[edit]

խստիւ (xstiw)

  1. hardly, harshly, roughly, rudely; cruelly, severely, rigorously; rigidly, strictly
    խստիւ գնալ ընդ ումեքxstiw gnal ənd umekʻto treat harshly, to maltreat, to rule with a high hand
    խստիւ պատուհասելxstiw patuhaselto punish rigorously, severely
    խստիւ տալ պատասխանիxstiw tal patasxanito reply harshly

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: խստիվ (xstiv)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խստիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy