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Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Armenian իրար (irar), from Old Armenian իրեար (irear).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
իրար • (irar)
- each other, one another
- Մենք իրար սիրում ենք։ ― Menkʻ irar sirum enkʻ. ― We love each other
Usage notes
Does not have a nominative. The inflected forms are the dative իրար (irar), dialectal իրարու (iraru), the ablative իրարից (iraricʻ), dialectal իրարուց (irarucʻ), and the instrumental իրարով (irarov). In Western Armenian the inflected forms are as follows: accusative իրար (irar) or զիրար (zirar), dative/genitive իրարու (iraru), ablative իրարմէ (irarmē), and instrumental իրարմով (irarmov).
Synonyms
References
- Asatryan, M. E. (2004) Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezu. Jewabanutʻyun [Modern Armenian: Morphology], 4th edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 177–178
- Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 136
- Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “իրար”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 173a