Սևադայ
Old Armenian
Etymology
An Arabic name from سَوَاد (sawād, “blackness, black”). Borne by Sawada ibn Abd al-Hamid al-Jahhafi, an Arab governor of Armenia, and by a Persian prince who married an Armenian Bagratuni princess, both from the 9th century. Among Armenians used in the 10–14th centuries.
Proper noun
Սևադայ • (Sewaday)
- a male given name
Declension
i-a-type or i-type
| singular (uncountable) | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Սևադայ (Sewaday) |
| genitive | Սևադայի (Sewadayi) |
| dative | Սևադայի (Sewadayi) |
| accusative | Սևադայ (Sewaday) |
| ablative | Սևադայէ (Sewadayē) |
| instrumental | ? (?) |
| locative | Սևադայի (Sewadayi) |
| the instrumental singular is not attested, which does not allow determining whether the word followed an i-type or an i-a-type declension | |
Descendants
- → Armenian: Սեւադա (Sewada)
Further reading
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1942), “Սևադայ”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Personal Names] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʿyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 483–484