կռիւ
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Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from կռուիմ (kṙuim). Compare ցրիւ (cʻriw).
Noun
[edit]կռիւ • (kṙiw)
- place to put one's foot
- կռիւ ոտից ― kṙiw oticʻ ― place to put one's foot
- quarrel, struggle, combat, battle; contest, dispute
- ի կռիւ կալ, ի կռիւ ելանել, վառիլ ի կռիւ, ի կռիւ կաքաւել, ի կռիւ մատչել ընդ ― i kṙiw kal, i kṙiw elanel, vaṙil i kṙiw, i kṙiw kakʻawel, i kṙiw matčʻel ənd ― to oppose, to resist, to contend, to contest, to combat; to come to blows
- ի կռիւ արշաւել ― i kṙiw aršawel ― to take the field, to open the campaign
- ի կռիւ կոչել ― i kṙiw kočʻel ― to throw down one's glove, to defy, to challenge
Declension
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Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կռիւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կռիւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կռիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy