ամէն

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See also: amen, αμήν, and ἀμήν

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *sm̥mo-, from *sem-, + suffix -էն (-ēn).

Adjective

ամէն • (amēn)

  1. all, every
    • 5th century, Koriwn, Varkʿ Maštocʿi chapter 26:
      զամէն մնացեալսն յանձն առնէր շնրհացն Աստուծոյ
      […] zamēn mnacʻealsn yanjn aṙnēr šnrhacʻn Astucoy […]

Declension

i-type
singular plural
nominative ամէն (amēn) ամէնք (amēnkʻ)
genitive ամենի (ameni) ամենից (amenicʻ)
dative ամենում (amenum) ամենից (amenicʻ)
accusative ամէն (amēn) ամէնս (amēns)
ablative ամենէ (amenē) ամենից (amenicʻ)
instrumental ամենիւ (ameniw) ամենիւք (ameniwkʻ)
locative ամենում (amenum) ամէնս (amēns)

Synonyms

Noun

ամէն • (amēn)

  1. everything, everyone

Declension

i-type
singular plural
nominative ամէն (amēn) ամէնք (amēnkʻ)
genitive ամենի (ameni) ամենից (amenicʻ)
dative ամենում (amenum) ամենից (amenicʻ)
accusative ամէն (amēn) ամէնս (amēns)
ablative ամենէ (amenē) ամենից (amenicʻ)
instrumental ամենիւ (ameniw) ամենիւք (ameniwkʻ)
locative ամենում (amenum) ամէնս (amēns)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ամեն (amen), ամենա- (amena-)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ամէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 153–155
  2. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37

Further reading

  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “ամէն”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 29a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ամէն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 69b
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “ամէն”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 43c
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ամէն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 16
  • Xačʻatryan, Lalik (2003) “ամէն”, in Grabari bacʻatrakan baṙaran (Jewabanoren tararžekʻ baṙer) [Explanatory Dictionary of Old Armenian (Morphologically Polysemantic Words)] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Zangak-97, →ISBN, page 22
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