է

Character	է
Unicode name	ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER EH
Codepoint	U+0567

See also Է

Armenian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɛ]

• Audio

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Letter

է

է lowercase (uppercase Է)

1. The 7th letter of Armenian alphabet. Transliterated as ē.
   Represents:

   close-mid front unrounded vowel IPA: [e] in Old Armenian (originally a diphthong *ey)

   open-mid front unrounded vowel: IPA: [ɛ] in Eastern Armenian

   open-mid front unrounded vowel: IPA: [ɛ] in Western Armenian

2. The numeral 7 in Armenian numbering.

See also

• (The Armenian script): Աա   Բբ   Գգ   Դդ   Եե   Զզ   Էէ   Ըը   Թթ   Ժժ   Իի   Լլ   Խխ   Ծծ   Կկ   Հհ   Ձձ   Ղղ   Ճճ   Մմ   Յյ   Նն   Շշ   Ոո   Չչ   Պպ   Ջջ   Ռռ   Սս   Վվ   Տտ   Րր   Ցց   Ււ   Փփ   Քք   Օօ   Ֆֆ
• (Letter combinations): ու   և   ﬔ   ﬕ   ﬓ   ﬗ   ﬖ
• (Punctuation):  ՙ    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ։   ֊

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian է (ē); see it for more.

Alternative forms

• ա (a) (dialectal, colloquial)
• ե (e) (Reformed orthography spelling during 1922–1940)
• յե (ye) (Reformed orthography spelling during 1922–1940) (following a vowel)

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɛ]
• IPA: [jɛ] (following a vowel)

Verb

է (ē)

1. third-person singular present indicative of լինել "(he/she/it) is"

   Նա հայ է:

   Na hay ē.

   He is Armenian.

   Նա հայ չէ:

   Na hay čē.

   He is not Armenian.

   Նա գիրքը կարդալու է:

   Na girk'ë kardalu ē.

   He will read the book.

External links

• Search “է” in the Eastern Armenian National Corpus.