իմ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian իմ (im).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

իմ (im)

  1. (possessive) my

Declension

See also

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁me- (me). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐμέ (emé, me). The o-stem possessive is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁mos and cognate with Ancient Greek ἐμός (emós).

Pronoun

իմ (im)

  1. genitive singular of ես (es)
    իմ է այսim ē aysthis is mine
    զմելին իմzmelin immy penknife
    գրեանն իմgreann immy books
    ոչ է իմ մեղočʻ ē im mełit is no fault of mine
    իմ եւ քոim ew kʻomine and thine
    խաղաղութիւն մեծ յաջողէր ի յերկրի՝ եթէ ի բաց բառնայր անտի իմ եւ քոxałałutʻiwn mec yaǰołēr i yerkri, etʻē i bacʻ baṙnayr anti im ew kʻopeace would be general in the world if there were neither mine nor thine
  2. (possessive) mine
    մին ի բարեկամաց իմոցmin i barekamacʻ imocʻa friend of mine
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Armenian: իմ (im)

Etymology 2

Dative-locative of ի- (i-).

Pronoun

ի՞մ (i?m)

  1. (interrogative) why?
    ի՞մ իմիքi?m imikʻto what end? to what purpose?
Synonyms

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian, Zagreb, page 20
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 257