սրահակ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • սրահանգ (srahang)post-Classical, misconstruction

Etymology

Wholly borrowed from Iranian or formed within Armenian as սրահ (srah) +‎ -ակ (-ak).

Noun

սրահակ • (srahak)

  1. small hall
  2. hanging, curtain, veil

Declension

i-a-type
singular plural
nominative սրահակ (srahak) սրահակք (srahakkʻ)
genitive սրահակի (srahaki) սրահակաց (srahakacʻ)
dative սրահակի (srahaki) սրահակաց (srahakacʻ)
accusative սրահակ (srahak) սրահակս (srahaks)
ablative սրահակէ (srahakē) սրահակաց (srahakacʻ)
instrumental սրահակաւ (srahakaw) սրահակաւք = սրահակօք (srahakawkʻ = srahakōkʻ)
locative սրահակի (srahaki) սրահակս (srahaks)

Derived terms

  • սրահակաձեւ (srahakajew)

Descendants

  • Armenian: սրահակ (srahak)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սրահակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սրահակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 908
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սրահակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy