See also: ն, Ն, and -ն-

Armenian

Pronunciation

Suffix

• (-n)

  1. Alternative form of ()
    ծառանcaṙanthe servant

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From *նո- (*no-).

Suffix

• (-n)

  1. that
    տուննtunnthat house
  2. placed at the end of words it serves as a definite article
    այրն, կինն, մանկունքնayrn, kinn, mankunkʻnthe man, the woman, the boys
    մինն ի նոցանէ մեռաւ, եւ միւսն կենդանի էminn i nocʻanē meṙaw, ew miwsn kendani ēone of them is dead, the other is alive
    մեծն Աղեքսանդրmecn AłekʻsandrAlexander the great
    միանգամ յամինmiangam yaminonce a year
    երկիցս յաւուրնerkicʻs yawurntwice a day
  3. sometimes serves for ornament
    երկիւղն յորմէ խիթայինerkiwłn yormē xitʻayin(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    մինչ ոչն մեղանչէինminčʻ očʻn mełančʻēin(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    որպէս բարւոքն վկայեացorpēs barwokʻn vkayeacʻ(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    որպէս միանգամն եւ միւսանգամնorpēs miangamn ew miwsangamn(please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. sometimes joined to the first and second persons for the sake of euphony
    ուր եսն եմ՝ անդ եւ պաշտօնեայն իմ եղիցիur esn em, and ew paštōneayn im ełicʻiwhere I am, there will my servants be
    զոր պաշտեմն, զոր ատեամնzor paštemn, zor ateamn(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    որում դուն վկայեցարorum dun vkayecʻar(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    զոր խորտակեցերնzor xortakecʻern(please add an English translation of this usage example)
Usage notes

See notes in (-d).

Descendants
  • Armenian: (-n), ()

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, pages 24–25
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *-nti, the third-person plural primary personal ending.

Suffix

• (-n)

  1. third-person plural present-tense ending of verbs
    որսանorsanthey hunt
    գրենgrenthey write
    հայինhayinthey look
    արգելունargelunthey hinder
Derived terms
See also

References

  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 391
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