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հոյակապ

հոյակապ

Armenian

Adjective

հոյակապ (hoyakap) (superlative ամենահոյակապ)

  1. superb, excellent, wonderful

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • խոյակապ (xoyakap)

Etymology

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

Adjective

հոյակապ (hoyakap)

  1. superb, wonderful, famous, praiseworthy
    հոյակապ քաղաքhoyakap kʿałakʿ ― topping, most eminent city
    հոյակապ այրhoyakap ayr ― a great man
    հոյակապ իշխանhoyakap išxan ― illustrious prince
    հոյակապ բժիշկhoyakap bžišk ― celebrated doctor

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), հոյակապ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), հոյակապ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), հոյ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 416