ինքը
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Armenian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- ինքն (inkʿn) — before vowels
- ինք (inkʿ) — Western Armenian
Etymology[edit]
From Old Armenian ինքն (inkʿn).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ˈiŋkʰə]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ˈiŋkʰə]
Pronoun[edit]
ինքը • (inkʿə)
Usage notes[edit]
- This pronoun can be combined with any personal pronoun to emphasize its antecedent, in which case it takes a personal suffix (-ս (-s)/-դ (-d)/-ը (-ə)) 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."
Declension[edit]
declension of ինքը (Eastern Armenian)
Derived terms[edit]
- ինքնագնահատական (inkʿnagnahatakan)
- ինքնաթափ (inkʿnatʿapʿ)
Related terms[edit]
- ինքնիշխանություն (inkʿnišxanutʿyun)
- ինքնաշարժ (inkʿnašarž)
- ինքնիրեն (inkʿniren)
- ինքզինք (inkʿzinkʿ)
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