Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• երեխայ ‎(erexay)

Noun

երախայ • ‎(eraxay)

1. (Christianity) unbaptized person; catechumen
2. newborn child; child that cannot yet speak

Declension

Adjective

երախայ • ‎(eraxay)

1. child- or simple-minded, silly

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: երեխա ‎(erexa)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “երախայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “երախայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “երախայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “rahīg”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 70