պրակ

From Old Armenian պրակ (prak).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /pəˈɾɑk/, , /pɾɑk/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /bəˈɾɑɡ/, , /bɾɑɡ/,

պրակ • (prak)

1. fascicle (a separately published installment of a book or other printed work)
2. (Western Armenian) printer's sheet

From Ancient Greek πρᾶξις (prâxis).

պրակ • (prak)

1. (plural only) acts

   պրակք առաքելոց ― prakkʻ aṙakʻelocʻ ― the Acts of the Apostles

   • 5th century, Basil of Caesarea, Yałags Vecʻawreay ararčʻutʻean Homily IX:^[1][2]

     ո՞չ նայիցիմք ընդ առաքեալն Աստուծոյ, որպէս և գրեալ է ի պրակս առաքելոցն, թէ՝ մինչ դեռ զխռիւն ժողովէր Պաւղոս՝ իժ մի քարբ կախեցաւ զձեռանէ նորա

     […] o^?čʻ nayicʻimkʻ ənd aṙakʻealn Astucoy, orpēs ew greal ē i praks aṙakʻelocʻn, tʻē, minčʻ deṙ zxṙiwn žołovēr Pawłos, iž mi kʻarb kaxecʻaw zjeṙanē nora […]

     • Translation by Robert W. Thomson

       Do we not observe the Apostle of God, as is written in the Acts of the Apostles, how while Paul was gathering brushwood a scorpion hung from his hand

2. (plural only) chapter, paragraph

   պրակք ուսման ― prakkʻ usman ― lesson

Always used in the plural պրակք (prakkʻ).

• պրակապատճէն (prakapatčēn)

• Armenian: պրակ (prak)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պրակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պրակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պրակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

պրակ • (prak)

1. Alternative form of պուրակ (purak)