երեկ

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See also: երէկ

Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian երէկ (erēk).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adverb[edit]

երեկ (erek) (traditional orthography spelling երէկ)

  1. yesterday
    ես երեկ տանը չէիes erek tanə čʻēiI wasn’t home yesterday

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Noun[edit]

երեկ (erek) (traditional orthography spelling երէկ)

  1. yesterday, the day before today

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Old Armenian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos (darkness). Related to երէկ (erēk, yesterday).

Noun[edit]

երեկ (erek) indeclinable

  1. evening
    ընդ, առ երեկսənd, aṙ ereksabout or towards evening, at the close of day
    յերեկս կոյսyereks koystowards evening
    դարձաւ օրն յերեկսdarjaw ōrn yereksthe daylight fades, the day wanes, the day is going down
    որպէս/իբրեւ յերեկն եւ յեռանդնorpēs/ibrew yerekn ew yeṙandnas heretofore
    ընդ երեկս էənd ereks ēit grows late
  2. west
    յերեկս կոյսyereks koysto the west
  3. the evening star (Venus)

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References[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “երեկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “երեկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 387
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 261
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “երեկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy