նախգիր

Old Armenian

Adjective

նախգիր • (naxgir)

1. Misconstruction of նախադիր (naxadir)
   • Šaradrutʻiwn hayrapetacʻn hayocʻ :

     Տէր Յոհան Մանդակունի․ սա նախգիր գտաւ Հայաստանեայցս ժամակարգութեանց […]

     Tēr Yohan Mandakuni; sa naxgir gtaw Hayastaneaycʻs žamakargutʻeancʻ […]

     Tēr Yohan Mandakuni: he became the first-founder of the Armenian divine service...

References

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “նախգիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 399c
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 626–627
• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1944) “Haykakankʻ A [Armeniaca I]”, in HSSṘ GA Teġekagir hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri [Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences]‎^[1] (in Armenian), number 5, page 27 of 25–30