Old Armenian

Adjective

արբեկ • ‎(arbek)

1. very, much

Usage notes

A hapax attested only in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ, it may be unreliable.

Synonyms

• խիստ ‎(xist), քաջ ‎(kʿaǰ), առաւել ‎(aṙawel)

References

• Eremia Mełrecʿi (1698), “արբեկ”, in Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] (in Armenian), Livorno: tpagr. Sargis Evdokiacʿu Sahetʿču, page 35
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “արբեկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 300a
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 111
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “արբեկ”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 86ab