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Armenian
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ինքն • (inkʻn)
- Alternative form of ինքը (inkʻə)
Old Armenian
- ինք (inkʻ) (post-classical)
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. The element -ք(ե)- (-kʻ(e)-) could be from Proto-Indo-European *swé.
Pronoun
ինքն • (inkʻn)
- (reflexive pronoun) -self (used for the first, second, and third persons)
- այս ինքն ― ays inkʻn ― namely, that is to say, to wit
- ես ինքն ― es inkʻn ― myself
- դու ինքն ― du inkʻn ― thyself
- նա ինքն ― na inkʻn ― himself, herself
- ընդ ինքն բարբառել ― ənd inkʻn barbaṙel ― to say to oneself, to talk with oneself
- ըստ ինքեան ― əst inkʻean ― of one self
- ինքն ըստ ինքեան ― inkʻn əst inkʻean ― by oneself/itself, of one's/its own accord
- յինքն գալ, գալ առ ինքն ― yinkʻn gal, gal aṙ inkʻn ― to come to oneself
- յինքն ամփոփիլ մտաց ― yinkʻn ampʻopʻil mtacʻ ― to concentrate one's ideas, to collect one's thoughts
- յինքն արկանել ― yinkʻn arkanel ― to attract, to win, to allure, to draw on, to entice, to gain
- յինքն հանել ― yinkʻn hanel ― to snatch away, to possess oneself of, to appropriate
- ինքեան զօրութեամբ ― inkʻean zōrutʻeamb ― by one's own power or force
Usage notes
The word is often used in an intensifying role.
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ինքն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ինքն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ինքն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 303
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 107