եկեղեցի

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Armenian[edit]

Եկեղեցի

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Armenian եկեղեցի (ekełecʿi).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

եկեղեցի (ekeġecʿi)

  1. church

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Udi: ҝерҝецӏ (gʲergʲec̣)

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía). The ending -եցի (-ecʿi) is an inner-Armenian development.

Noun[edit]

եկեղեցի (ekełecʿi)

  1. people (said of Hebrews)
  2. church, assembly of the faithful
    զինւորեալ եկեղեցիzinworeal ekełecʿithe church militant
    յաղթական եկեղեցիyałtʿakan ekełecʿithe church triumphant
  3. church building, temple consecrated to God
  4. assembly of any people

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References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “եկեղեցի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “եկեղեցի”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “եկեղեցի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy