մը

Armenian

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [mə]

(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [mə]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Armenian մի (mi).

Alternative forms

մ՚- (m’-) — before a vowel

Article

մը • (mə) (Western Armenian)

a, an (an indefinite article)
- 1924 – 2007, Zahrad :
  ոսպ մը, բառ մը, կանանչ մը, սեւ մը
  osp mə, baṙ mə, kanančʻ mə, sew mə
  a lentil, a word, a green one, a black one

References

Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “մը”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 317b

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish می (mı)

Particle

մը • (mə) (dialectal, Western Armenian)

Used to form interrogatives in colloquial speech.
Ուրա՞խ ես մը։ ― Ura^?x es mə. ― Are you happy?

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