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单词 երախայ
释义

երախայ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • երեխայ (erexay)

Etymology

Borrowed from the Semitic etymon of Ancient Greek ῥακά (rhaká), ῥαχά (rhakhá), ῥαχᾶς (rhakhâs), Old Armenian ռակայ (ṙakay, idiot, fool): compare Aramaic רֵיקָא (rēqā, worthless person; profane), Classical Syriac ܪܝܩܐ (rēqā, vain thing), Hebrew רֵיק (rēq, empty; vain; worthless). The connection with ռակայ (ṙakay) was made already by Hiwnkʿearpēyēntean.[1] Basil describes Ancient Greek ῥακά (rhaká) as "a vernacular word of mild abuse used in the family circle".[2] For the sense development ‘fool’ → ‘child’ see խոխա (xoxa). Alternatively, the sense development is ‘worthless person’ → ‘profane person’ → ‘unbaptized person’ → ‘child’. For the alternation երախայ (eraxay) ~ երեխայ (erexay), compare Ancient Greek ῥαχά (rhakhá) ~ Aramaic רֵיקָא (rēqā), if we are not dealing with vowel assimilation within Armenian.

The initial ե- (e-) is a prothetic vowel added to words starting with ր- (r-) according to well-known phonotactic constraints of Armenian, as in եղբայր (ełbayr), երագ (erag), երակ (erak), երախ (erax), երասան (erasan) etc.

Doublet of ռակայ (ṙakay).

See also Արախա (Araxa).

Noun

երախայ (eraxay)

  1. (Christianity) unbaptized person; catechumen
  2. newborn child; child that cannot yet speak

Declension

Adjective

երախայ (eraxay)

  1. child- or simple-minded, silly

Declension

Derived terms

  • երախայական (eraxayakan)
  • երախայանամ (eraxayanam)
  • երախայապէս (eraxayapēs)
  • երախայացուցանեմ (eraxayacʿucʿanem)
  • երախայեցուցանեմ (eraxayecʿucʿanem)
  • երախայութիւն (eraxayutʿiwn)
  • երեխայութիւն (erexayutʿiwn)
  • սրիկայ (srikay)

Descendants

  • Armenian: երեխա (erexa), >? խոխա (xoxa)

References

  1. Hiwnkʿearpēyēntean, Yovhannēs (1894), երախայ”, in Stugabanakan baṙaran hayocʿ lezui [Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Tparan G. Paɫtatlean, page 214a
  2. Moulton, James Hope; Milligan, George (1914–1929), ῥακά”, in The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament. Illustrated from the Papyri and other Non-Literary Sources, London: Hodder and Stoughton, page 562b

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), երախայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 36ab, compares Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (lsyk'), [Book Pahlavi needed] (lhyk'), 𐫡𐫍𐫏𐫃 (rhyg /rahīg/), Parthian 𐫡𐫍𐫏𐫃 (rhyg /rahīg/, child; page, servant), and because these cannot account for Armenian, assumes origin from a hypothetical Classical Syriac *raxā (but unaware of the above-quoted Semitic and Greek forms), from which both Armenian and Iranian are borrowed; however, the Iranian words are unrelated and rather belong under Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrátʰas (chariot) (see Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan] (in German), volume II, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 429)
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), երախայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), երախայ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 219b, repeats Ačaṙean
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), երախայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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