ճրագալոյց

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ճրագլոյց (čragloycʻ)

Etymology

ճրագ (črag) + -ա- (-a-) + լուցանեմ (lucʻanem)

Noun

ճրագալոյց • (čragaloycʻ)

  1. lighting of candles or lamps
    ճրագալոյց առնելčragaloycʻ aṙnelto light a candle
  2. lighted candle
  3. (Christianity) the eve of Christmas, Epiphany and Easter (on which occasion numerous candles and lamps are lit in churches)
  4. (post-Classical) public illumination

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: ճրագալույց (čragaluycʻ)

References

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