երախայրիք

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian երախայրիք (eraxayrikʻ); see it for more.

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /jeɹaχajˈɹikʰ/ [jeɹɑχɑjˈɹikʰ] invalid IPA characters (//[])
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /jeɹaχajˈɹik/ [jeɹɑχɑjˈɹikʰ] invalid IPA characters (//[])
  • Hyphenation: ե‧րա‧խայ‧րիք

Noun

երախայրիք • (eraxayrikʻ)

  1. first fruit

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • երախայրի (eraxayri) (post-classical singulative)
  • երեխայրիք (erexayrikʻ)

Etymology

The first component is երա- (era-, first, early, before), from Proto-Indo-European *prH- (early); cognate with Ancient Greek πρωΐ (prōḯ), Sanskrit प्रातर् (prātár, early, in the morning, the next day), Latin prae. The second is խայրի (xayri) + (-kʻ).

Noun

երախայրիք • (eraxayrikʻ) pl

  1. first fruit or harvest, early ripened fruit

Declension

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Derived terms

  • նախերախայրիք (naxeraxayrikʻ)

Descendants

  • Armenian: երախայրիք (eraxayrikʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երախայրիք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “երախայրիք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “երախայրիք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 257
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