Հրաչեայ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• Հրաչէ (Hračʻē)
• Հրչէ (Hrčʻē)

Etymology

From հուր (hur) +‎ աչ- (ačʻ-) +‎ -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 • (Hračʻeay)

1. a male given name

Declension

a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Հրաչեայ (Hračʻeay)
genitive	Հրաչեայ (Hračʻeay)
dative	Հրաչեայ (Hračʻeay)
accusative	Հրաչեայ (Hračʻeay)
ablative	Հրաչեայ (Hračʻeay)
instrumental	Հրաչեաւ (Hračʻeaw)
locative	Հրաչեայ (Hračʻeay)

i-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Հրաչեայ (Hračʻeay)
genitive	Հրաչէի (Hračʻēi)
dative	Հրաչէի (Hračʻēi)
accusative	Հրաչեայ (Hračʻeay)
ablative	Հրաչէէ (Hračʻēē)
instrumental	Հրաչէիւ (Hračʻēiw)
locative	Հրաչէի (Hračʻēi)

Descendants

• Armenian: Հրաչյա (Hračʻya)

References

• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Հրաչեայ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 109—110
• Bartholomae, Christian (1904) Altiranisches Wörterbuch [Old Iranian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in German), Strassburg: K. J. Trübner, column 1012