Old Armenian

Adverb

խստիւ • ‎(xstiw)

1. hardly, harshly, roughly, rudely; cruelly, severely, rigorously; rigidly, strictly

   խստիւ գնալ ընդ ումեք‎ ― xstiw gnal ənd umekʿ ― to treat harshly, to maltreat, to rule with a high hand

   խստիւ պատուհասել‎ ― xstiw patuhasel ― to punish rigorously, severely

   խստիւ տալ պատասխանի‎ ― xstiw tal patasxani ― to reply harshly

Descendants

• Armenian: խստիվ ‎(xstiv)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “խստիւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy