Հրաչեայ

Հրաչեայ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• Հրաչէ (Hračʿē)
• Հրչէ (Hrčʿē)

Etymology

From հուր (hur) +‎ աչ- (ačʿ-) +‎ -եայ (-eay), literally “fire-eyed”. Invented by Movsēs Xorenacʿi as the name of a legendary Armenian king. Ačaṙyan considers the similarity with the Avestan male given name 𐬟𐬭𐬁𐬗𐬌𐬌𐬀‎ (frāciia) accidental (see Bartholomae for this name).

Proper noun

Հրաչեայ • (Hračʿeay)

1. a male given name

Declension

a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Հրաչեայ (Hračʿeay)
genitive	Հրաչեայ (Hračʿeay)
dative	Հրաչեայ (Hračʿeay)
accusative	Հրաչեայ (Hračʿeay)
ablative	Հրաչեայ (Hračʿeay)
instrumental	Հրաչեաւ (Hračʿeaw)
locative	Հրաչեայ (Hračʿeay)

i-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Հրաչեայ (Hračʿeay)
genitive	Հրաչէի (Hračʿēi)
dative	Հրաչէի (Hračʿēi)
accusative	Հրաչեայ (Hračʿeay)
ablative	Հրաչէէ (Hračʿēē)
instrumental	Հրաչէիւ (Hračʿēiw)
locative	Հրաչէի (Hračʿēi)

Descendants

• Armenian: Հրաչյա (Hračʿya)

References

• Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1942–1962), “Հրաչեայ”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 109—110
• Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎ (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 1012