ինչ

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[edit] Armenian

[edit] Etymology

From Old Armenian ինչ; see below.

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  • IPA: [intʃʰ]

[edit] Pronoun

ինչ (inč)

  1. what
  2. that, which

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[edit] Old Armenian

[edit] Etymology

From ի-.

[edit] Pronoun

ինչ (inčʿ)

  1. (indefinite) some, a, an, one, certain, single, any
    աւուրս ինչ — some days
    պտուղ ինչ — some fruit
    չիք ինչ, չէ ինչ — nothing, it is nothing, no matter
    չգիտեմ ինչ — I know nothing, I know nothing about it
    զի՞նչ ինչ — what? what thing?
    ունիմ ինչ ասել քեզ — I have something to tell you
    յինչ ածել — to create
    ոչ ինչ — nothing
    այն ինչ — whilst, as long as, so long as; recently, freshly, newly
    ամենայն որ ինչ իմ է՝ քո է — all that I have is thine
  2. (interrogative) what? which?
    զի՞նչ ժամ է — what o'clock is it?
    զի՞նչ ասէ — what says he?
    առ ի՞նչ — how? why? for what cause?
    առ զի՞նչ իցէ — to what purpose?
    յի՞նչ օրէնս — in what law? in what religion or custom?

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ինչ (inčʿ)  (singular genitive ընչի, plural genitive ընչից, plural ինչք)

  1. (usually in the plural) property, fortune, substance, possessions; riches, effects, goods and chattels; estate, domain
    արկանել յընչից — to despoil or deprive of one's possessions

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  • ինչ in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836-37), Nor Baṙgirkʿ Haykazean Lezui (Venice)
  • ինչ” in H. Ačaṙean (1926-35), Hayerēn Armatakan Baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971-79
  • ինչ in M. Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
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