նուիրակ

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Old Armenian

Etymology 1

The basic meaning is “announcer”, from Middle Iranian *nivēδāk, an agent noun from *ni-waid-, from *ni- (“down”) + *waid- (“to know”); see the latter for more. For the suffix see -ակ (-ak).

Noun

նուիրակ • (nuirak)

  1. the title of various officials, whose duties include announcing, declaring or notifying, namely
    1. an official attending the king or a lord, who clears his away and announces his arrival
    2. usher at a royal court
    3. envoy, delegate, messenger
    4. (ecclesiastical) legate of the catholicos; nuncio
Declension
i-a-type
singular plural
nominative նուիրակ (nuirak) նուիրակք (nuirakkʻ)
genitive նուիրակի (nuiraki) նուիրակաց (nuirakacʻ)
dative նուիրակի (nuiraki) նուիրակաց (nuirakacʻ)
accusative նուիրակ (nuirak) նուիրակս (nuiraks)
ablative նուիրակէ (nuirakē) նուիրակաց (nuirakacʻ)
instrumental նուիրակաւ (nuirakaw) նուիրակաւք = նուիրակօք (nuirakawkʻ = nuirakōkʻ)
locative նուիրակի (nuiraki) նուիրակս (nuiraks)
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Armenian: նվիրակ (nvirak)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նուիրակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “նուիրակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 451ab
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նուիրակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, pages 470–471
  • Асатрян, Г. С. (2013) “Парфянское gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица‎ (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, page 103 of 102–105

Etymology 2

նուէր (nuēr) +‎ -ակ (-ak)

Noun

նուիրակ • (nuirak)

  1. libation bowl
Declension
unknown type
singular plural
nominative նուիրակ (nuirak) նուիրակք (nuirakkʻ)
genitive ? ?
dative ? ?
accusative նուիրակ (nuirak) նուիրակս (nuiraks)
ablative ? ?
instrumental ? ?
locative ? նուիրակս (nuiraks)
the oblique cases are not attested
Synonyms

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “նուիրակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “նուիրակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 451b
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նուէր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 469b
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