խստիւ

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

Adverb

խստիւ • (xstiw)

1. hardly, harshly, roughly, rudely; cruelly, severely, rigorously; rigidly, strictly

   խստիւ գնալ ընդ ումեք ― xstiw gnal ənd umekʻ ― to treat harshly, to maltreat, to rule with a high hand

   խստիւ պատուհասել ― xstiw patuhasel ― to punish rigorously, severely

   խստիւ տալ պատասխանի ― xstiw tal patasxani ― to reply harshly

Descendants

• Armenian: խստիվ (xstiv)

References

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