Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• հրէայ ‎(hrēay)

Noun

հրեայ • ‎(hreay)

1. Jew, Hebrew

   հրէայք‎ ― hrēaykʿ ― the Jews

   թաղ հրէից‎ ― tʿał hrēicʿ ― jewry, Jew's ward, quarter in a town

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: հրեա ‎(hrea)
• Georgian: ურია ‎(uria), ჰურია ‎(huria)
  • Abkhaz: а-уриа ‎(ā-uriā)
  • Ossetian: уираг ‎(wirag)
  • Svan: ურიაჲ ‎(uriay)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հրէայ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հրէայ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հրեայ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, , § 2.223
• Abajev, V. I. (1989), “¹wirag”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 110