հոյակապ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian հոյակապ (hoyakap).

Pronunciation

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 քաղաք ― hoyakap kʻałakʻ ― topping, most eminent city
    հոյակապ այր ― hoyakap ayr ― a great man
    հոյակապ իշխան ― hoyakap išxan ― illustrious prince
    հոյակապ բժիշկ ― hoyakap bžišk ― celebrated doctor

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: հոյակապ (hoyakap)

References

  • 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
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