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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian այն (ayn). The dialectal forms are inherited. Doublet of ան (an).
Pronunciation
Determiner
այն • (ayn)
- (demonstrative) that, those, yon (far from the listener)
- Տու՛ր ինձ այն գիրքը։ ― Túr inj ayn girkʻə. ― Give me that book (which is far from you).
- Այն գրքերն ինձ դուր չեն գալիս։ ― Ayn grkʻern inj dur čʻen galis. ― I don't like those book. (literally, “Those books don't come pleasant to me.”)
Usage notes
այն and նա (na) form a pronoun-determiner pair. See այս (ays) for more details.
Derived terms
See also
Old Armenian
Etymology
From the demonstrative particle *այ- (*ay-) + *նո- (*no-). The demonstrative particle is also found in Indo-Iranian: Old Persian (aita), Sanskrit एष (eṣá), एत (etá).
Pronoun
այն • (ayn)
- (demonstrative) that
- այն է, այն ինքն է, այն իսկ է ― ayn ē, ayn inkʻn ē, ayn isk ē ― (conjunction) that is to say, to wit, namely, i.e, viz or videlicet
- այն ինչ ― ayn inčʻ ― whilst, as long as, so long as: recently, freshly, newly
- այնու զի ― aynu zi ― (conjunction) in as much as, because
- այն ոք ― ayn okʻ ― such, such one
- այնր աղագաւ ― aynr ałagaw ― (conjunction) for that reason, therefore
- յայնմ հետէ ― yaynm hetē ― since then, ever since, since that epoch
- յայնմ վայրի ― yaynm vayri ― there, in that same or very place; then
- ցայս ցայն ― cʻays cʻayn ― both as to this and to that, considering both sides of the case
Declension
pronominal
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singular
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plural
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այն (ayn)
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այնք, այնոքիկ (aynkʻ, aynokʻik)
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| genitive
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այնր, այնորիկ (aynr, aynorik)
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այնց, այնոցիկ (ayncʻ, aynocʻik)
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| dative
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այնմ, այնմիկ (aynm, aynmik)
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այնց, այնոցիկ (ayncʻ, aynocʻik)
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| accusative
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այն (ayn)
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այնս, այնոսիկ (ayns, aynosik)
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| ablative
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այնմ, այնմանէ (aynm, aynmanē)
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այնց, այնցանէ, այնոցիկ (ayncʻ, ayncʻanē, aynocʻik)
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| instrumental
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այնու, այնուիկ (aynu, aynuik)
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այնոքիւք, այնոքիմբք (aynokʻiwkʻ, aynokʻimbkʻ)
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| locative
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այնմ, այնմիկ (aynm, aynmik)
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այնս, այնոսիկ (ayns, aynosik)
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Synonyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: այն (ayn), ան (an)
See also
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “այն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “այն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “այն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 107