-ն
Armenian
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [n], (following a consonant) IPA(key): [ən]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [n], (following a consonant) IPA(key): [ən]
Old Armenian
Etymology 1
From *նո- (*no-).
Suffix
-ն • (-n)
- that
- տունն ― tunn ― that house
- placed at the end of words it serves as a definite article
- այրն, կինն, մանկունքն ― ayrn, kinn, mankunkʻn ― the man, the woman, the boys
- մինն ի նոցանէ մեռաւ, եւ միւսն կենդանի է ― minn i nocʻanē meṙaw, ew miwsn kendani ē ― one of them is dead, the other is alive
- մեծն Աղեքսանդր ― mecn Ałekʻsandr ― Alexander the great
- միանգամ յամին ― miangam yamin ― once a year
- երկիցս յաւուրն ― erkicʻs yawurn ― twice a day
- sometimes serves for ornament
- երկիւղն յորմէ խիթային ― erkiwłn yormē xitʻayin ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- մինչ ոչն մեղանչէին ― minčʻ očʻn mełančʻēin ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- որպէս բարւոքն վկայեաց ― orpēs barwokʻn vkayeacʻ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- որպէս միանգամն եւ միւսանգամն ― orpēs miangamn ew miwsangamn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- sometimes joined to the first and second persons for the sake of euphony
- ուր եսն եմ՝ անդ եւ պաշտօնեայն իմ եղիցի ― ur esn em, and ew paštōneayn im ełicʻi ― where I am, there will my servants be
- զոր պաշտեմն, զոր ատեամն ― zor paštemn, zor ateamn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- որում դուն վկայեցար ― orum dun vkayecʻar ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- զոր խորտակեցերն ― zor xortakecʻern ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Usage notes
See notes in -դ (-d).
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
-ն • (-n)
References
- Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 391
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