Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Instrumental case of ճիշդ (čišd), used as an adverb.

Adverb

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ճշդիւ (čšdiw)

  1. justly, exactly, strictly, precisely, punctually
    ճշդիւ գտակաւčšdiw gtakawexactly, to a little, to a farthing, to the point, rightly, accurately, punctually, in all its details
  2. rigorously, austerely, scrupulously, sparingly, savingly, stingily, niggardly, scantily, frugally, meanly, miserably

Descendants

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  • Armenian: ճշտիվ (čštiv)

References

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