եղն
Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian եղն (ełn).
Pronunciation
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file) - (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [jéʁən]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [jéʁən]
Declension
i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | եղն (eġn) | եղներ (eġner) | ||
| dative | եղնի (eġni) | եղների (eġneri) | ||
| ablative | եղնից (eġnicʻ) | եղներից (eġnericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | եղնով (eġnov) | եղներով (eġnerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | եղնը/եղնն (eġnə/eġnn) | եղները/եղներն (eġnerə/eġnern) | ||
| dative | եղնին (eġnin) | եղներին (eġnerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | եղնս (eġns) | եղներս (eġners) | ||
| dative | եղնիս (eġnis) | եղներիս (eġneris) | ||
| ablative | եղնիցս (eġnicʻs) | եղներիցս (eġnericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | եղնովս (eġnovs) | եղներովս (eġnerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | եղնդ (eġnd) | եղներդ (eġnerd) | ||
| dative | եղնիդ (eġnid) | եղներիդ (eġnerid) | ||
| ablative | եղնիցդ (eġnicʻd) | եղներիցդ (eġnericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | եղնովդ (eġnovd) | եղներովդ (eġnerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
Derived terms
- որմզդեղն (ormzdeġn)
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁él-h₁ēn, from *h₁el- (“red deer, elk”).
Declension
Derived terms
- եղնոտն (ełnotn)
- եղնորթ (ełnortʻ)
- եղոտն (ełotn)
Descendants
- Armenian: եղնիկ (eġnik)
References
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “եղն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եղն”, 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 253
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