Հրաչեայ
Old Armenian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom հուր (hur) + աչ- (ačʻ-) + -եայ (-eay), literally “fire-eyed”. Invented by Movsēs Xorenacʿi as the name of a legendary Armenian king. Ačaṙyan considers the similarity with the Avestan male given name 𐬟𐬭𐬁𐬗𐬌𐬌𐬀 (frāciia) accidental (see Bartholomae for this name).
Proper noun
editՀրաչեայ • (Hračʻeay)
- a male given name
Declension
edita-type
singular (uncountable) | |
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nominative | Հրաչեայ (Hračʻeay) |
genitive | Հրաչեայ (Hračʻeay) |
dative | Հրաչեայ (Hračʻeay) |
accusative | Հրաչեայ (Hračʻeay) |
ablative | Հրաչեայ (Hračʻeay) |
instrumental | Հրաչեաւ (Hračʻeaw) |
locative | Հրաչեայ (Hračʻeay) |
i-type
Descendants
edit- Armenian: Հրաչյա (Hračʻya)
References
edit- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Հրաչեայ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 109—110
- Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch[1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 1012