Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian պրակ (prak).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

պրակ (prak)

  1. fascicle (a separately published installment of a book or other printed work)
  2. (Western Armenian) printer's sheet

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis).

Noun edit

պրակ (prak)

  1. (plural only) acts
    պրակք առաքելոցprakkʻ aṙakʻelocʻthe Acts of the Apostles
    • 5th century, Basil of Caesarea, Yałags Vecʿawreay ararčʿutʿean [Homiliae in Hexaemeron] Homily IX:[1][2]
      [] ո՞չ նայիցիմք ընդ առաքեալն Աստուծոյ, որպէս և գրեալ է ի պրակս առաքելոցն, թէ՝ մինչ դեռ զխռիւն ժողովէր Պաւղոս՝ իժ մի քարբ կախեցաւ զձեռանէ նորա []
      [] o?čʻ nayicʻimkʻ ənd aṙakʻealn Astucoy, orpēs ew greal ē i praks aṙakʻelocʻn, tʻē, minčʻ deṙ zxṙiwn žołovēr Pawłos, iž mi kʻarb kaxecʻaw zjeṙanē nora []
      • Translation by Robert W. Thomson
        Do we not observe the Apostle of God, as is written in the Acts of the Apostles, how while Paul was gathering brushwood a scorpion hung from his hand []
  2. (plural only) chapter, paragraph
    պրակք ուսմանprakkʻ usmanlesson
Usage notes edit

Always used in the plural պրակք (prakkʻ).

Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Armenian: պրակ (prak)

References edit

  1. ^ Barseġ Kesaracʻi (1984) Kim Muradyan, editor, Yałags Vecʻawreay ararčʻutʻean [Homiliae in Hexaemeron]‎[1], Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 313–314
  2. ^ Thomson, Robert W. (2012) Saint Basil of Caesarea and Armenian Cosmology: A Study of the Armenian Version of Saint Basil's Hexaemeron and its Influence on Medieval Armenian Views about the Cosmos (Corpus scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium; 646. Subsidia; 130), Leuven: Peeters, page 241

Further reading edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պրակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պրակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պրակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

պրակ (prak)

  1. Alternative form of պուրակ (purak)
Declension edit