ինքը

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Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian ինքն (inkʿn).

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Pronoun[edit]

ինքը (inkʿə)

  1. he himself, she herself, it itself

Usage notes[edit]

  • This pronoun can be combined with any personal pronoun to emphasize its antecedent, in which case it takes a personal suffix ( (-s)/ (-d)/ ()) corresponding to the person, e.g., ես ինքս (es inkʿs) ("I myself"), դու ինքդ (du inkʿd) ("you yourself"), նա ինքը (na inkʿə) ("he himself/she herself"), դուք ինքներդ (dukʿ inkʿnerd) ("you yourselves"), մենք ինքներս (menkʿ inkʿners) ("we ourselves") and so on.
  • This pronoun also functions as a reflexive pronoun for the third person singular and plural: e.g., նրանք/իրենք իրենց լավ են պահում (nrankʿ/irenkʿ irencʿ lav en pahum) ("they are behaving themselves well"), նա/ինքն իրեն լավ չի զգում (na/inkʿn iren lav čʿi zgum) ("he/she does not feel well").
  • In spoken Western and Eastern Armenian, ինքը is commonly used in place of the ordinary third person personal pronoun նա (na), e.g., ինքը տուն է գնում (inkʿə tun ē gnum) instead of նա տուն է գնում (na tun ē gnum), both meaning "He/she is going home."

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References[edit]

  • Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 126-128