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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian Սեւան (Sewan).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Սևան • (Sewan)
- Sevan (island)
- Sevan (lake)
- Sevan (town)
- a unisex given name from the name of the lake, of modern, chiefly Armenian diasporan usage, Sevan
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
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singular (singulare tantum)
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nominative
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Սևան (Sewan)
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dative
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Սևանի (Sewani)
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ablative
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Սևանից (Sewanicʻ)
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instrumental
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Սևանով (Sewanov)
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locative
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Սևանում (Sewanum)
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definite forms
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nominative
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Սևանը/Սևանն (Sewanə/Sewann)
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dative
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Սևանին (Sewanin)
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1st person possessive forms (my)
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nominative
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Սևանս (Sewans)
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dative
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Սևանիս (Sewanis)
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ablative
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Սևանիցս (Sewanicʻs)
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instrumental
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Սևանովս (Sewanovs)
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locative
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Սևանումս (Sewanums)
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2nd person possessive forms (your)
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nominative
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Սևանդ (Sewand)
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dative
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Սևանիդ (Sewanid)
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ablative
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Սևանիցդ (Sewanicʻd)
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instrumental
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Սևանովդ (Sewanovd)
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locative
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Սևանումդ (Sewanumd)
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there is an alternative dative singular Սեւանա (Sewana), a fossilized remain of Old Armenian a-type declension
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Synonyms
Further reading
Old Armenian
Proper noun
Սևան • (Sewan)
- Sevan (island)
9–10th century,
Yovhannēs Drasxanakertcʻi,
Patmutʻiwn Hayocʻ 30:
[1][2]- Եւ վասն զի ընդ այն ժամանակս փայլատակեալ պայծառանայր սուրբ այրն Աստուծոյ՝ Մաշտոց, որ ի Սեւան կղզւոջ, որ զփառացն Աստուծոյ անշիջանելի լուսոյ ճառագայթումնն յինքն նկարէր
- Ew vasn zi ənd ayn žamanaks pʻaylatakeal paycaṙanayr surb ayrn Astucoy, Maštocʻ, or i Sewan kłzwoǰ, or zpʻaṙacʻn Astucoy anšiǰaneli lusoy čaṙagaytʻumnn yinkʻn nkarēr […]
- Translation by Rev. Krikor H. Maksoudian
- At that time, the blessed man of God Maštocʿ, who mirrored the radiance of God's inextinguishable light through divine permeation, shone forth with splendor on the island of Sewan.
Declension
a-type
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singular (uncountable)
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nominative
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Սևան (Sewan)
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genitive
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Սևանայ (Sewanay)
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dative
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Սևանայ (Sewanay)
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accusative
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Սևան (Sewan)
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ablative
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Սևանայ (Sewanay)
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instrumental
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Սևանաւ (Sewanaw)
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locative
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Սևան (Sewan)
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Descendants
References
Further reading