LingoflyՀազիվ հերիք
- Հազիվ հերիքhaziv herik'barely enough
“Հազիվ հերիք” (haziv herik') — barely enough in Armenian. Phrase, level B1. From հազիվ (haziv) 'barely' and հերիք (herik) 'enough': 'barely enough'. A colloquial phrase about money and supplies that only just suffice; that a supply is running out is said with վերջանում է (verjanum e). In a live sentence: “Փողը հազիվ հերիք է մինչև ամսվա վերջ” (p'oghə haziv herik' e minchev amsva verj) — The money will barely last until the end of the month. You can hear how it sounds right here.
In short
| Written in Armenian | Հազիվ հերիք (haziv herik') |
| Read in Latin letters | haziv herik' |
| Translation | barely enough |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
From հազիվ (haziv) 'barely' and հերիք (herik) 'enough': 'barely enough'. A colloquial phrase about money and supplies that only just suffice; that a supply is running out is said with վերջանում է (verjanum e)
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “barely enough” in Armenian?
«Հազիվ հերիք» (haziv herik'), read “haziv herik'”. In a live sentence: “Փողը հազիվ հերիք է մինչև ամսվա վերջ” (p'oghə haziv herik' e minchev amsva verj) — The money will barely last until the end of the month. You can hear how it sounds right on this page. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Հ, ա, զ, ի, վ, հ, ե, ր, ի, ք.
How is “Հազիվ հերիք” (haziv herik') written in Latin letters?
haziv herik'. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
From հազիվ (haziv) 'barely' and հերիք (herik) 'enough': 'barely enough'. A colloquial phrase about money and supplies that only just suffice; that a supply is running out is said with վերջանում է (verjanum e). A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
Can I hear how this sounds?
Yes, right on this page: click the word and it will play. The sound works on any phone, and nothing needs to be installed.