Armenian

Alternative forms

• էրեկ ‎(ērek) (dialectal)

Adverb

երեկ • ‎(erek) ‎(traditional orthography spelling երէկ)

1. yesterday

   ես երեկ տանը չէի‎ ― es erek tanə čʿēi ― I wasn’t home yesterday

Antonyms

• վաղը ‎(vałə)

Noun

երեկ • ‎(erek) ‎(traditional orthography spelling երէկ)

1. yesterday, the day before today

Declension

Related terms

• երեկո ‎(ereko)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• երեակ ‎(ereak)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁régʷos. The word երէկ ‎(erēk, “yesterday”) etymologically belongs here.

Noun

երեկ • ‎(erek) indeclinable

1. evening

   ընդ, առ երեկս‎ ― ənd, aṙ ereks ― about or towards evening, at the close of day

   յերեկս կոյս‎ ― yereks koys ― towards evening

   դարձաւ օրն յերեկս‎ ― darjaw ōrn yereks ― the daylight fades, the day wanes, the day is going down

   որպէս/իբրեւ յերեկն եւ յեռանդն‎ ― orpēs/ibrew yerekn ew yeṙandn ― as heretofore

   ընդ երեկս է‎ ― ənd ereks ē ― it grows late

2. west

   յերեկս կոյս‎ ― yereks koys ― to the west

3. the evening star (Venus)

Derived terms

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “երեկ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “երեկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “երեկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 261