գրչություն
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Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- գրչութիւն (grčʻutʻiwn) — traditional orthography
Etymology
[edit]From Old Armenian գրչութիւն (grčʻutʻiwn). By surface analysis, գրիչ (gričʻ) + -ություն (-utʻyun).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ɡəɾt͡ʃʰuˈtʰjun/, [ɡəɾt͡ʃʰut͡sʰjún]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /kəɾt͡ʃuˈtʏn/, [kʰəɾt͡ʃʰutʰʏ́n]
Noun
[edit]գրչություն • (grčʻutʻyun)
- the art of writing manuscripts
Declension
[edit] n-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular (singulare tantum) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | գրչություն (grčʻutʻyun) | |||
| dative | գրչության (grčʻutʻyan) | |||
| ablative | գրչությունից (grčʻutʻyunicʻ) | |||
| instrumental | գրչությամբ, գրչությունով* (grčʻutʻyamb, grčʻutʻyunov*) | |||
| locative | գրչությունում (grčʻutʻyunum) | |||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | գրչությունը/գրչությունն (grčʻutʻyunə/grčʻutʻyunn) | |||
| dative | գրչությանը/գրչությանն (grčʻutʻyanə/grčʻutʻyann) | |||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | գրչությունս (grčʻutʻyuns) | |||
| dative | գրչությանս (grčʻutʻyans) | |||
| ablative | գրչությունիցս (grčʻutʻyunicʻs) | |||
| instrumental | գրչությամբս, գրչությունովս* (grčʻutʻyambs, grčʻutʻyunovs*) | |||
| locative | գրչությունումս (grčʻutʻyunums) | |||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | գրչությունդ (grčʻutʻyund) | |||
| dative | գրչությանդ (grčʻutʻyand) | |||
| ablative | գրչությունիցդ (grčʻutʻyunicʻd) | |||
| instrumental | գրչությամբդ, գրչությունովդ* (grčʻutʻyambd, grčʻutʻyunovd*) | |||
| locative | գրչությունումդ (grčʻutʻyunumd) | |||
| *colloquial **dated | ||||
Further reading
[edit]- “գրչություն”, in Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, 1969, page 453