մենք

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Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Dialectal development with nasal epenthesis of Old Armenian մեք.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: [mɛnkʰ]

Pronoun[edit]

մենք • (menkʿ)

  1. (personal) we

Declension[edit]

    declension of մենք   (Eastern Armenian)
singular
nominative մենք (menkʿ)
genitive մեր (mer)
dative մեզ (mez)
accusative մեզ (mez)
ablative մեզնից/մեզանից (meznicʿ/mezanicʿ)
instrumental մեզնով/մեզանով (meznov/mezanov)
locative մեզնում/մեզանում (meznum/mezanum)

See also[edit]

Eastern Armenian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person ես (es) մենք (menkʿ)
2nd person familiar դու (du) դուք (dukʿ)
polite Դուք (Dukʿ)
3rd person նա (na) նրանք (nrankʿ)
Western Armenian personal pronouns (Traditional orthography)
singular plural
1st person ես (es) մենք (menkʿ)
2nd person familiar դուն (dun) դուք (dukʿ)
polite Դուք (Dukʿ)
3rd person ան (an) անոնք (anonkʿ)

References[edit]

  • Hrach Martirosyan (2009), Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Brill Academic Publishers), page 465

External links[edit]

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