Mesrobian, Hayganush2024-08-302024-08-302018Մեսրոպեան, Հ. Յ., Գարեգին Քեսապցի Կաթողիկոսի Բառապաշարը Հայերէնի Հարստացման Միջոց, Սուրիոյ Հայերը. Գիտաժողովի Նիւթեր (24-27 Մայիս 2015), Հրատարակչութիւն Հայկազեան Համալսարանի, Պէյրութ, 2018, էջ 485-492https://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/374The published sermons, interpretations and theological research of Karekin I, Catholicos of All Armenians, are among the best expressions of Armenian public speech. Answers are given to a multiplicity of questions in an encyclopedic manner that includes philosophical generalisations. The answers are significantly pictorial and have literary significance since they are expressed in different styles and at times by means of new words, particularly compound words. According to the paper, Catholicos Karekin I brought to life some 2000 new words in Armenian, thus enriching the Armenian lexicon. The paper analyses the formation and structure of these new words, which were molded according to the rules and regulations of Armenian word formation. Alongside these new words, the paper notes that certain other words are used with new connotations and usage. The paper also notes that a large number of these new words come from the Bible, where words like God, Jesus, Christ, Mesrob, light, Armenian, soul, gospel, prayer, saint, disciple, and self constitute the first part of the newly formed compound word. The paper ends by highlighting a number of examples of these new words, which are an interesting combination of Western and Eastern Armenian literary languages.