իմովսանն

From Old Armenian իմովսանն (imovsann); see it for more.

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [imofsɑ́nː]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [imofsɑ́nː]

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• Hyphenation: ի‧մով‧սանն

իմովսանն • (imovsann)

1. (archaic) as far as I possibly can, as much as is in my power, as much as I can, the best I can

• մերովսանն (merovsann), ձերովսանն (jerovsann), յուրովսանն (yurovsann)

From իմով (imov), the instrumental of իմ (im), + ս (s) +‎ -ան (-an) + ն (n). Compare իւրեանցանն (iwreancʻann).

իմովսանն • (imovsann)

1. as far as I possibly can, as much as is in my power, as much as I can, the best I can; as for me

• Armenian: իմովսանն (imovsann)

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “իմովսանն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “իմովսանն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “իմովսանն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-անն”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48