իրար

Armenian

Alternative forms

իրարու (iraru) — dialectal

Etymology

From Middle Armenian իրար (irar), from Old Armenian իրեար (irear).

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [iɾɑ́ɾ]

(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [iɾɑ́ɾ]
Hyphenation: ի‧րար

Pronoun

իրար • (irar)

each other, one another
Մենք իրար սիրում ենք։ ― Menkʻ irar sirum enkʻ. ― We love each other

Usage notes

Does not have a nominative. The inflected forms are the dative իրար (irar), dialectal իրարու (iraru), the ablative իրարից (iraricʻ), dialectal իրարուց (irarucʻ), and the instrumental իրարով (irarov). In Western Armenian the inflected forms are as follows: accusative իրար (irar) or զիրար (zirar), dative/genitive իրարու (iraru), ablative իրարմէ (irarmē), and instrumental իրարմով (irarmov).

Synonyms

միմյանց (mimyancʻ), մեկմեկու (mekmeku)

References

Asatryan, M. E. (2004) Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezu. Jewabanutʻyun [Modern Armenian: Morphology]‎, 4th edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 177–178
Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 136
Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “իրար”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 173a

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