Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian հոյակապ (hoyakap).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

հոյակապ (hoyakap) (superlative ամենահոյակապ)

  1. superb, excellent, wonderful

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From հոյ (hoy, fear) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ կապեմ (kapem, to tie, construct). For the semantics compare ահագին (ahagin, terrible; enormous).

Adjective edit

հոյակապ (hoyakap)

  1. superb, wonderful, famous, praiseworthy
    հոյակապ քաղաքhoyakap kʻałakʻtopping, most eminent city
    հոյակապ այրhoyakap ayra great man
    հոյակապ իշխանhoyakap išxanillustrious prince
    հոյակապ բժիշկhoyakap bžiškcelebrated doctor

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: հոյակապ (hoyakap)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հոյակապ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հոյակապ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հոյ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 416