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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *wéy. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *my and Lithuanian mẽs.
Pronoun
մեք • (mekʻ)
- (personal) we
- մեք ինքնին, մեք մեզէն ― mekʻ inkʻnin, mekʻ mezēn ― ourselves
- զի՛նչ մեք ողորմելիքս ― zínčʻ mekʻ ołormelikʻs ― what poor creatures we are!
Usage notes
The word has the following combining forms: մեր- (mer-), մեօք- (meōkʻ-) (rare).
Declension
pronominal
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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ես (es)
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մեք (mekʻ)
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| genitive
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իմ (im)
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մեր (mer)
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| dative
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ինձ (inj)
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մեզ (mez)
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| accusative
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իս (is)
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մեզ (mez)
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| ablative
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ինէն, ինձէն1 (inēn, injēn1)
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մէնջ, մեզէն1, մեզոյն1 (mēnǰ, mezēn1, mezoyn1)
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| instrumental
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ինեւ (inew)
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մեւք, մեօք = մեաւք (mewkʻ, meōkʻ = meawkʻ)
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| locative
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իս (is)
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մեզ (mez)
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an instrumental ինեաւ (ineaw) is also attested; moreover, an ablative իսանէ (isanē) is attested post-classically
1 these secondary ablative form may be used in an intensifying role: ես ինձէն աչօք տեսի ― es injēn ačʻōkʻ tesi ― I saw with my own eyes
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մեք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մեք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մեք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press