հիւսկէն
Old Armenian
Etymology
From հիւս (hiws) + -կէն (-kēn).
Adjective
հիւսկէն • (hiwskēn)
- woven, plaited; twisted, knit; open, in open-work
- գուրպայք հիւսկէն ― gurpaykʿ hiwskēn ― open-worked stockings
- (as a noun) lace, bone-lace
Descendants
- Armenian: հյուսկեն (hyusken)
References
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հիւսկէն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հիւսկէն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy