մի

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Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian մի (mi).

Numeral

մի (mi)

  1. one
Synonyms

Pronoun

մի (mi)

  1. one, certain, some, a
    մի կատու տեսաmi katu tesaI saw a certain cat
    մի միտք ծագեց գլխումսmi mitkʻ cagecʻ glxumsI had an idea
    մի մարդ էր կանգնած դռանս առջևmi mard ēr kangnac dṙans aṙǰewSome man was standing in front of my door.

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian մի (mi).

Particle

մի (mi)

  1. don't! (used for forming negative conjugations of imperatives)
    մի՛ գնաmí gnadon't go!

Old Armenian

Old Armenian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : մի (mi)
    Ordinal : առաջին (aṙaǰin)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *smiyeh₂-, feminine of *sḗm (one). The closest cognate is Ancient Greek μία (mía).

Numeral

մի (mi)

  1. one
    մի Աստուածmi Astuacone God, one only God
    մի առ մի, մի ըստ միոջէmi aṙ mi, mi əst mioǰēone by one, successively, from hand to hand; bit by bit, piece by piece, in detail, minutely, exactly; particularly, specifically, individually, distinctly
    մի ըստ միոջէ ասել, նշանակելmi əst mioǰē asel, nšanakelto specify, to go into detail
    ի միi miin one, together
    ժողովել ի միžołovel i mito collect, assemble or unite together
    առ մի սիւնակaṙ mi siwnakat, or by each column
    առ այր միaṙ ayr mito each person, a-head, a-man
    մի ոմնmi omnone, one person
    մին ի նոցանէmin i nocʻanēone of them
    մին կամ միւսնmin kam miwsneither, either one or the either
    մէն մի ի նոցանէmēn mi i nocʻanēevery one of them
    ոչ մին եւ միւսնočʻ min ew miwsnneither; neither one nor the other
    ընդ մի, ընդ մի համարənd mi, ənd mi hamarconjointly with, together, at once; in one, like on and the same thing
    մի եւ նոյնmi ew noynthe same
    մի զմիոյ կնիmi zmioy knione after the other
    մի մի, միոյ միոյ, միում միումmi mi, mioy mioy, mium miumeach; every one; one another; one by one
    ըստ միոյ միոյ ամսոյəst mioy mioy amsoymonthly, month by month
    մի առ միոջmi aṙ mioǰone after another, one on the other
    մի զմիովmi zmiovwith emulation, surpassing one another, outvying
    մի մի տարիmi mi tariannually, every year, year by year
    մի ընդ միովmi ənd miovone under another, in a subordinate state
    մի մի իշխան մի մի օր մատուսցէն զընծայսmi mi išxan mi mi ōr matuscʻēn zəncaysall the chiefs make daily offerings
Declension

Adverb

մի (mi)

  1. first, firstly, in the first place
    մի՛ զի կոյր էր եւ մի/երկրորդ զի աղքատ էրmí zi koyr ēr ew mi/erkrord zi ałkʻat ērin the first place he was blind, in the next poor
Usage notes

The word has the following combining forms: մի- (mi-) and մե- (me-). The latter is a shortening of միա- (mia-), composed of մի- (mi-) + -ա- (-a-).

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Armenian: մի (mi), մը ()

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մի”, 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

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *meh₁.

Adverb

մի (mi)

  1. no, not, none
    մի՛ ասեր ինչmí aser inčʻsay nothing about it
    մի՛ արդեօքmí ardeōkʻis it not?
    մի՛ արդեօք դու իցես եգիպտացինmí ardeōkʻ du icʻes egiptacʻinart not thou that Egyptian? is it not you?
    մի՛ գուցէmí gucʻēlest, for fear that; that it may not
    մի՛ երբեք, մի՛ բնաւmí erbekʻ, mí bnawnever, not at all
    մի՛ եւ մի՛/մի՛ եւ մի՛ իւիքmí ew mí/mí ew mí iwikʻbeware! not at all, by no means, never
    մի՛ ... եւ մի՛mí ... ew míneither ... nor
    մի՛ եւսmí ewsnever, not again, no more
    մի՛ եւս առներmí ews aṙnertake care not to do so again
    մի՛ իւիքmí iwikʻby no means
    մի՛ եղիցի, մի՛ լիցիmí ełicʻi, mí licʻimay it never be! God forbid! never
    մի՛ ոքmí okʻnobody
    մի՞mi?perhaps?
    կերիցէ մի՛kericʻē míneither should he eat
    մի՛, մի՛ վշտացուցանէք զիսmí, mí vštacʻucʻanēkʻ zisno, no, do not afflict me
Descendants

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մի”, 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 8
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 468
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2013) “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship, number 10, § 3.4, page 91