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There is an alternative dative singular հրո(hro), used in high literary style and in idioms. It is a fossilized remnant of the Old Armenian o-type declension.
հուր արկանել, վառել ― hur arkanel, vaṙel ― to set on fire, to light, to kindle, to make a fire
հուր հարկանել, արկանել, տալ, հրով/հուրբ դատել ― hur harkanel, arkanel, tal, hrov/hurb datel ― to set fire to, to burn, to set on fire, to inflame, etc.
ի հուր եւ ի սուր սպառել, մաշել զամենայն ― i hur ew i sur spaṙel, mašel zamenayn ― to put every thing to fire and sword, to destroy by burning; to chastise with fire and sword, to punish severely
ի հուր այրիլ, տոչորիլ ― i hur ayril, točʻoril ― to be burnt, consumed by fire
իւղ արկանել զհրով ― iwł arkanel zhrov ― to add fuel to the flames
հուր առնուլ ― hur aṙnul ― to catch or take fire, to fire or blaze up
չառնուլ հուր ― čʻaṙnul hur ― to miss fire
հուր վարեալ բորբոքէր ի Գաղղիա ― hur vareal borbokʻēr i Gałłia ― all France was on fire, all in a blaze
ի հո՛ւր, ի հո՛ւր, հուր հարաւ զտանէ ― i húr, i húr, hur haraw ztanē ― fire! fire! the house is on fire!
առ սէր քո տայր զինքն/մատնէր զանձն եւ ի հուր ― aṙ sēr kʻo tayr zinkʻn/matnēr zanjn ew i hur ― he would go through fire and water for your sake
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հուր”, 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) “հուր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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