կռիւ

Back-formation from կռուիմ (kṙuim). Compare ցրիւ (cʿriw).

կռիւ • (kṙiw)

1. place to put one's foot

   կռիւ ոտից ― kṙiw oticʿ ― place to put one's foot

2. 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 kakʿawel, i kṙiw matčʿel 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 kočʿel ― to throw down one's glove, to defy, to challenge

• Armenian: կռիվ (kṙiv)
  • → Georgian: კრივი (ḳrivi)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (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
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կռիւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կռիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy