Գայիանէ

Գայիանէ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Feminine form of Latin Gaianus, from Gaius. The name was borne by a Roman virgin martyred in Armenia: see Rhipsime.

Proper noun

Գայիանէ • (Gayianē)

1. a female given name
   • 5th century, Agatʿangełos, Patmutʿiwn Hayocʿ [History of the Armenians] 175:[1]

     Մանաւանդ դու, Հռիփսիմէ, ըստ անուանդ քում արդարեւ ընկեցեալ եղեր Գայիանեաւդ եւ քոյովք սիրելեօքդ ի մահուանէ կեանս․

     Manawand du, Hṙipʿsimē, əst anuand kʿum ardarew ənkecʿeal ełer Gayianeawd ew kʿoyovkʿ sireleōkʿd i mahuanē keans;

     • Translation by R. W. Thomson

       Especially you, Rhipsimē, who according to your name were truly ‘thrown’ with Gaianē and your friends from death to life.

Declension

a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Գայիանէ (Gayianē)
genitive	Գայիանեայ (Gayianeay)
dative	Գայիանեայ (Gayianeay)
accusative	Գայիանէ (Gayianē)
ablative	Գայիանեայ (Gayianeay)
instrumental	Գայիանեաւ (Gayianeaw)
locative	Գայիանէ (Gayianē)

Derived terms

• Գայիանեանք (Gayianeankʿ)

Descendants

• Armenian: Գայանե (Gayane)

References

1. Thomson, R. W. (1976) Agathangelos, History of the Armenians‎, Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, pages 182–183

Further reading

• Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1942–1962), “Գայիանէ”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
• Anonymous disciples of Mxitʿar Sebastacʿi (1769), “Գայիանէ”, in Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean lezui. Baṙaran yatuk anuancʿ [Dictionary of the Armenian Language. Dictionary of Proper Names] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy