See also: երեց

Middle Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian երէց (erēcʿ).

Noun edit

երէց (erēcʿ)

  1. presbyter, priest

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: երեց (erecʿ), երէց (erēcʿ)
    • Northern Kurdish: ایریس (ayrîs)

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *pre(y)sgʷu-; cognate with Ancient Greek πρέσβυς (présbus, old) and Latin priscus (ancient), pristinus (primitive, pristine). The original meaning of the Armenian is “elder”. The sense of “presbyter, priest” was formed in the Christian period based on Ancient Greek πρεσβύτερος (presbúteros) or Classical Syriac ܩܫܝܫܐ (qaššīšā, elder; priest).

Adjective edit

երէց (erēcʿ)

  1. elder, senior
    երէց գահerēcʿ gahthe first or highest place

Declension edit

Noun edit

երէց (erēcʿ)

  1. presbyter, priest
    երիցանց երէցericʿancʿ erēcʿpontiff

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “երէց”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “երէց”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 262
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 14
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “երէց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy