Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian խելացի (xelacʻi); see below.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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խելացի (xelacʻi) (superlative ամենախելացի)

  1. smart, clever, intelligent

Declension

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Adverb

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խելացի (xelacʻi)

  1. cleverly, sensibly

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From խելք (xelkʻ) +‎ -ացի (-acʻi).

Adjective

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խելացի (xelacʻi) indeclinable

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

Descendants

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  • Armenian: խելացի (xelacʻi)

References

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  • 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