Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian քերական (kʻerakan).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

քերական (kʻerakan)

  1. (archaic) grammarian
  2. (archaic) ABC book, primer

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From քերեմ (kʻerem, scratch, scrape; write, inscribe) +‎ -ական (-akan). The sense of "grammarian" is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek γραμματικός (grammatikós), from γράφω (gráphō, to scratch; to scratch out letters; to write).

Adjective edit

քերական (kʻerakan)

  1. scratched out, scraped
  2. grammatical
  3. written in a complicated style

Declension edit

Noun edit

քերական (kʻerakan)

  1. grammarian
  2. grammar

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: քերական (kʻerakan)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քերական”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քերական”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy