միւս
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Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- մեւս (mews)
Etymology
[edit]The older form is մեւս (mews), composed of մի (mi) + եւս (ews).
Pronoun
[edit]միւս • (miws)
- other, another
- միւսն ― miwsn ― the other
- միւս քան զմիւս ― miws kʻan zmiws ― one more than another
- միւսում աւուր ― miwsum awur ― the other day
- բայց եւ զմիւսն պատմեցից ― baycʻ ew zmiwsn patmecʻicʻ ― but I will tell you something else
- մին կամ միւսն ― min kam miwsn ― either, either one or the either
- անգամ միւս ― angam miws ― another time
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- միւսանգամ (miwsangam)
- ներմիւսանգամ (nermiwsangam)
Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: մյուս (myus)
References
[edit]- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “միւս”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մի”, 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) “միւս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian][1] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys