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- Հազիւ հերիքhaziv herik'barely enough
“Հազիւ հերիք” (haziv herik') — barely enough in Western Armenian. Phrase, level B1. Հազիւ (haziv) barely + հերիք (herik) enough. 'only just enough'. A colloquial phrase about money and supplies that barely stretch; that a supply is running out is կը վերջանայ (gə verchanay). In a live sentence: “Դրամը հազիւ հերիք է մինչեւ ամսուան վերջ” (tramə haziv herik' e minchev amsvan verch) — There is barely enough money until the end of the month. Written with the characters Հ, ա, զ, ի, ւ, հ, ե, ր, ի, ք.
In short
| Written in Western Armenian | Հազիւ հերիք (haziv herik') |
| Read in Latin letters | haziv herik' |
| Translation | barely enough |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
հազիւ (haziv) barely + հերիք (herik) enough. 'only just enough'. A colloquial phrase about money and supplies that barely stretch; that a supply is running out is կը վերջանայ (gə verchanay)
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 Western Armenian?
«Հազիւ հերիք» (haziv herik'), read “haziv herik'”. In a live sentence: “Դրամը հազիւ հերիք է մինչեւ ամսուան վերջ” (tramə haziv herik' e minchev amsvan verch) — There is barely enough money until the end of the month. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters Հ, ա, զ, ի, ւ, հ, ե, ր, ի, ք.
How is “Հազիւ 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?
Հազիւ (haziv) barely + հերիք (herik) enough. 'only just enough'. A colloquial phrase about money and supplies that barely stretch; that a supply is running out is կը վերջանայ (gə verchanay). A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.