հիւսկէն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From հիւս (hiws) +‎ -կէն (-kēn).

Adjective

հիւսկէն • (hiwskēn)

  1. woven, plaited; twisted, knit; open, in open-work
    գուրպայք հիւսկէն ― gurpaykʻ hiwskēn ― open-worked stockings
  2. (nominalized) lace, bone-lace

Descendants
  • Armenian: հյուսկեն (hyusken)

References
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հիւսկէն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հիւսկէն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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