Հրաչեայ
Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From 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
[edit]Հրաչեայ • (Hračʻeay)
- a male given name
Declension
[edit]a-type
| singular (uncountable) | |
|---|---|
| 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 [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 109—110
- Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary][1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 1012