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Old Armenian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂. Borrowing from the Iranian cognate is also possible.
Noun
քէն • (kʻēn)
- rancour, inveterate hate, spite, ill will, resentment; revenge
- քէն պահել, ի քէնս մտանել ― kʻēn pahel, i kʻēns mtanel ― to bear or owe a grudge, to bear malice or ill-will, to bear hard
- քէն ի մտի ունել ― kʻēn i mti unel ― to keep alive resentment for an injury
- քէն ունել ընդ ումեք ― kʻēn unel ənd umekʻ ― to have a grudge or spite against
- քէն ի վրիժուց ― kʻēn i vrižucʻ ― out of or from hatred
- հանել զվրէժ քինու, խնդրել զքէն վրիժուց ― hanel zvrēž kʻinu, xndrel zkʻēn vrižucʻ ― to by revenged, to revenge oneself
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References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քէն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017) “Part 9: Armenian”, in Kapović, Mate, editor, The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 425
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քէն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Etymology 2
Pronoun
քէն • (kʻēn)
- ablative singular of դու (du)
- ի քէն ― i kʻēn ― from, by or of thee; thyself
- նա խօսեսցի առ ի քէն ― na xōsescʻi aṙ i kʻēn ― he shall be thy spokesman
- ոչինչ հեռի ի քէն ― očʻinčʻ heṙi i kʻēn ― not very far from you
- զքէն ― zkʻēn ― upon thee; of thee
- զինչ ասիցեն զքէն ― zinčʻ asicʻen zkʻēn ― what will they say of you?
- զորոց իրածգած եղեն զքէն ― zorocʻ iracgac ełen zkʻēn ― those things they have heard about you