իմ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian իմ (im).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

իմ (im)

  1. (possessive) my

Declension

nominalized, i-type (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative իմ (im) իմեր (imer)
dative իմի (imi) իմերի (imeri)
ablative իմից (imicʻ) իմերից (imericʻ)
instrumental իմով (imov) իմերով (imerov)
locative իմում (imum) իմերում (imerum)
definite forms
nominative իմը/իմն (imə/imn) իմերը/իմերն (imerə/imern)
dative իմին (imin) իմերին (imerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative իմս (ims) իմերս (imers)
dative իմիս (imis) իմերիս (imeris)
ablative իմիցս (imicʻs) իմերիցս (imericʻs)
instrumental իմովս (imovs) իմերովս (imerovs)
locative իմումս (imums) իմերումս (imerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative իմդ (imd) իմերդ (imerd)
dative իմիդ (imid) իմերիդ (imerid)
ablative իմիցդ (imicʻd) իմերիցդ (imericʻd)
instrumental իմովդ (imovd) իմերովդ (imerovd)
locative իմումդ (imumd) իմերումդ (imerumd)

See also

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From earlier *eme, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁me- (me). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐμέ (emé, me). The o-stem possessive is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁mos and cognate with Ancient Greek ἐμός (emós).

Pronoun

իմ (im)

  1. genitive singular of ես (es)
    իմ է այսim ē aysthis is mine
    զմելին իմzmelin immy penknife
    գրեանն իմgreann immy books
    ոչ է իմ մեղočʻ ē im mełit is no fault of mine
    իմ եւ քոim ew kʻomine and thine
    խաղաղութիւն մեծ յաջողէր ի յերկրի՝ եթէ ի բաց բառնայր անտի իմ եւ քոxałałutʻiwn mec yaǰołēr i yerkri, etʻē i bacʻ baṙnayr anti im ew kʻopeace would be general in the world if there were neither mine nor thine
  2. (possessive) mine
    մին ի բարեկամաց իմոցmin i barekamacʻ imocʻa friend of mine
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Armenian: իմ (im)

Etymology 2

Dative-locative of ի- (i-).

Pronoun

ի՞մ (i?m)

  1. (interrogative) why?
    ի՞մ իմիքi?m imikʻto what end? to what purpose?
Synonyms

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ի”, 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 20
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 257