նուիրակ

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

The basic meaning is “announcer”, from Middle Iranian *nivēδāk, an agent noun from *ni-waid-, from *ni- (“down”) + *waid- (“to know”); see the latter for more. For the suffix see -ակ (-ak).

Noun

նուիրակ • (nuirak)

1. the title of various officials, whose duties include announcing, declaring or notifying, namely
   1. an official attending the king or a lord, who clears his away and announces his arrival
   2. usher at a royal court
   3. envoy, delegate, messenger
   4. (ecclesiastical) legate of the catholicos; nuncio

Declension

i-a-type

	singular		plural
nominative	նուիրակ (nuirak)		նուիրակք (nuirakkʿ)
genitive	նուիրակի (nuiraki)		նուիրակաց (nuirakacʿ)
dative	նուիրակի (nuiraki)		նուիրակաց (nuirakacʿ)
accusative	նուիրակ (nuirak)		նուիրակս (nuiraks)
ablative	նուիրակէ (nuirakē)		նուիրակաց (nuirakacʿ)
instrumental	նուիրակաւ (nuirakaw)		նուիրակաւք = նուիրակօք (nuirakawkʿ = nuirakōkʿ)
locative	նուիրակի (nuiraki)		նուիրակս (nuiraks)

Derived terms

• նուիրակապետ (nuirakapet), նուիրապետ (nuirapet)
• նուիրապետական (nuirapetakan)

Related terms

• նուէր (nuēr)

Descendants

• Armenian: նվիրակ (nvirak)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “նուիրակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “նուիրակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 451ab
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977) “նուիրակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 470–471
• Асатрян, Г. С. (2013) “Парфянское gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица‎^[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, page 103 of 102–105

Etymology 2

նուէր (nuēr) +‎ -ակ (-ak)

Noun

նուիրակ • (nuirak)

1. libation bowl

Declension

unknown type

	singular		plural
nominative	նուիրակ (nuirak)		նուիրակք (nuirakkʿ)
genitive	?		?
dative	?		?
accusative	նուիրակ (nuirak)		նուիրակս (nuiraks)
ablative	?		?
instrumental	?		?
locative	?		նուիրակս (nuiraks)
the oblique cases are not attested

Synonyms

• նուիրանոց (nuiranocʿ)

References

• Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “նուիրակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “նուիրակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 451b
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977) “նուէր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 469b