ինն

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Old Armenian

Old Armenian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : ինն (inn)
    Ordinal : իններորդ (innerord)
    Adverbial : իննիցս (innicʻs)
    Collective : իննեքին (innekʻin)

Etymology

From Proto-Armenian *enun-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nun-o-, the zero-grade of *h₁néwn̥.

Numeral

ինն (inn)

  1. nine
    ինն մայիսիinn mayisithe ninth of May, or 9th May

Declension

u-type
plural (plurale tantum)
nominative *իննք (*innkʻ)
genitive իննուց (innucʻ)
dative իննուց (innucʻ)
accusative *իննս (*inns)
ablative իննուց (innucʻ)
instrumental իննուք (innukʻ)
locative *իննս (*inns)

plural genitive-dative can also be ինուց (inucʻ), ըննուց (ənnucʻ)

n-type
plural (plurale tantum)
nominative ինունք, իննունք (inunkʻ, innunkʻ)
genitive ինունց (inuncʻ)
dative ինունց (inuncʻ)
accusative ինունս, իննունս (inuns, innuns)
ablative ինունց (inuncʻ)
instrumental իննամբք (innambkʻ)
locative ինունս, իննունս (inuns, innuns)

the singular is late and rare: attested are genitive singular ինան (inan), ինանն (inann), locative singular ինանն (inann)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ինը (inə)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ինն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ինն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ինն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 302