See also: երեց

Middle Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian երէց (erēcʻ).

Noun

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երէց (erēcʻ)

  1. presbyter, priest

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: երեց (erecʻ), երէց (erēcʻ)traditional orthography
    • Northern Kurdish: ایریس (ayrîs)

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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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

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երէց (erēcʻ)

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

Declension

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Noun

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երէց (erēcʻ)

  1. presbyter, priest
    երիցանց երէցericʻancʻ erēcʻpontiff

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Descendants

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Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (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
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “երէց”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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, Matatʻeay (1879) “երէց”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy