հոյակապ

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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