այն

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Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian այն (ayn). The dialectal forms are inherited. Doublet of ան (an).

Pronunciation

Determiner

այն • (ayn)

  1. (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

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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)

  1. (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
singular plural
nominative այն (ayn) այնք, այնոքիկ (aynkʻ, aynokʻik)
genitive այնր, այնորիկ (aynr, aynorik) այնց, այնոցիկ (ayncʻ, aynocʻik)
dative այնմ, այնմիկ (aynm, aynmik) այնց, այնոցիկ (ayncʻ, aynocʻik)
accusative այն (ayn) այնս, այնոսիկ (ayns, aynosik)
ablative այնմ, այնմանէ (aynm, aynmanē) այնց, այնցանէ, այնոցիկ (ayncʻ, ayncʻanē, aynocʻik)
instrumental այնու, այնուիկ (aynu, aynuik) այնոքիւք, այնոքիմբք (aynokʻiwkʻ, aynokʻimbkʻ)
locative այնմ, այնմիկ (aynm, aynmik) այնս, այնոսիկ (ayns, aynosik)

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
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