Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian խելացի (xelacʻi); see below.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

խելացի (xelacʻi) (superlative ամենախելացի)

  1. smart, clever, intelligent

Declension edit

Adverb edit

խելացի (xelacʻi)

  1. cleverly, sensibly

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From խելք (xelkʻ) +‎ -ացի (-acʻi).

Adjective edit

խելացի (xelacʻi) indeclinable

  1. intelligent, clever, sensible, judicious, steady, prudent, wise

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: խելացի (xelacʻi)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “խելացի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “խելացի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Xudabašeancʻ, Ałekʻsandr (1838) “խելացի”, in Baṙaran ’i haykakan lezuē ’i ṙusacʻ barbaṙ [Dictionary from the Armenian Language into the Russian Tongue], volume I, Moscow: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages