ինքնին

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ինքնին (inkʻnin).

Pronunciation

Adverb

ինքնին • (inkʻnin)

  1. by himself/herself/itself
    ինքնին հասկանալի էinkʻnin haskanali ēit is self understood; it goes without saying; as a matter of fact

Old Armenian

Etymology

From ինքն (inkʻn) + -ին (-in).

Adverb

ինքնին • (inkʻnin)

  1. by himself/herself/itself, personally, in person
    դու ինքնինdu inkʻninyourself, thyself
    ես ինքնին իսկ եմes inkʻnin isk emit is I (myself)
    թագաւորն ինքնինtʻagaworn inkʻninthe king himself, in person
    դուռն ինքնին բացաւduṙn inkʻnin bacʻawthe door opened of itself

Descendants

  • Armenian: ինքնին (inkʻnin)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ինքնին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ինքնին”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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