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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁su-, either via Proto-Iranian *hu- (“good”) or contaminated with it.
Prefix
հ- • (h-)
- an intensifying particle.
- հ- (h-) + սկայ (skay, “giant”) → հսկայ (hskay, “giant”)
- հ- (h-) + զօր (zōr, “power, might”) → հզօր (hzōr, “powerful, mighty”)
- հ- (h-) + մուտ (mut, “entering, going in”) → հմուտ (hmut, “skilful, experienced”)
- հ- (h-) + լու (lu, “the act of listening”) → հլու (hlu, “obedient”)
- հ- (h-) + ուրախ (urax, “happy”) → խրախ (xrax, “happy”)
Derived terms
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References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հզօր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press