ոք

See also: -ոք

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ոք (okʻ).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ոք • (okʻ)

  1. (indefinite) someone, somebody
  • ոչ ոք (očʻ okʻ)

Old Armenian

Etymology

Related to ո (o, who) and inherited from Proto-Indo-European. The (-kʻ) may reflect some enclitic suffix; compare իք (ikʻ), which was used for inanimate objects.

Pronoun

ոք • (okʻ)

  1. (indefinite) someone, somebody, anyone; some, one, certain
    այր ոքayr okʻa man
    կին ոքkin okʻa woman
    ամենայն ոքamenayn okʻevery one, every body
    իւրաքանչիւր ոքiwrakʻančʻiwr okʻeach one, any one
    որ ոքor okʻwho, whoever, he that
    ո՞ ոք, ո՞վ ոքo? okʻ, o?v okʻwho?
    եթէ կայցէ՞ ոք այնչափ յանդուգնetʻē kaycʻē? okʻ aynčʻapʻ yandugnis there any one bold enough?
    ոչ ոք, մի ոքočʻ okʻ, mi okʻno one, nobody, none
    ոչ սիրեմ ոք յարանցդ յայդցանէočʻ sirem okʻ yarancʻd yaydcʻanēI love none of these men
    երթիջիր առ այր ոքertʻiǰir aṙ ayr okʻaddress yourself to someone else

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ոք (okʻ) (learned)

References

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ոք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ոք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ոք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 108
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