մենք

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Development of Old Armenian մեք (mekʻ) in dialects with nasal epenthesis.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

մենք • (menkʻ)

  1. (personal) we

Declension

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    declension of մենք   (Eastern Armenian)
singular
nominative մենք (menkʻ)
genitive մեր (mer)
dative մեզ (mez)
accusative մեզ (mez)
ablative մեզնից/մեզանից (meznicʻ/mezanicʻ)
instrumental մեզնով/մեզանով (meznov/mezanov)
locative մեզնում/մեզանում (meznum/mezanum)
    declension of մենք   (Western Armenian, traditional orthography)
singular
nominative մենք (menkʻ)
genitive մեր (mer)
dative մեզի (mezi)
accusative մեզ (mez)
ablative մեզմէ (mezmē)
instrumental մեզմով (mezmov)

See also
Eastern Armenian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person ես (es) մենք (menkʿ)
2nd person familiar դու (du) դուք (dukʿ)
polite Դուք (Dukʿ)
3rd person նա (na) նրանք (nrankʿ)
Western Armenian personal pronouns (Traditional orthography)
singular plural
1st person ես (es) մենք (menkʿ)
2nd person familiar դուն (dun) դուք (dukʿ)
polite Դուք (Dukʿ)
3rd person ան (an) անոնք (anonkʿ)

References
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 465
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