խստիւ
Old Armenian edit
Etymology edit
Instrumental case of խիստ (xist), used as an adverb.
Adverb edit
խստիւ • (xstiw)
- 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 edit
- Armenian: խստիվ (xstiv)
References edit
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խստիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy