ո
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
| Character | ո |
|---|---|
| Unicode name | ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER VO |
| Codepoint | U+0578 |
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Armenian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Letter [edit]
ո
ո lowercase (uppercase Ո)
- The 24th letter of Armenian alphabet. Transliterated as o.
Represents:- close-mid back rounded vowel: IPA: [o] in Old Armenian
- close-mid back rounded vowel: IPA: [o] (but [vo] word-initially) in Eastern Armenian
- close-mid back rounded vowel: IPA: [o] (but [vo] word-initially) in Western Armenian
- The numeral 600 in Armenian numbering.
See also [edit]
Armenian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Armenian alphabet- (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 ՚ ՛ ՜ ՝ ՞ ՟ ։ ֊
External links [edit]
- Search “ո” in the Eastern Armenian National Corpus.
Old Armenian [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- ով (ov) (used before vowels)
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷo-, by loosing the initial consonant.
Pronoun [edit]
ո՞ • (o)
- (interrogative) who?
- ո՞, ո՞ ոք (o, o okʿ) — who?
- ո՞ ի ձէնջ իշխեսցէ առնել զայդ (o i jēnǰ išxescʿē aṙnel zayd) — who among you dare do that?
- ո՞ ոք ի մարդկանէ (o okʿ i mardkanē) — who is he that ...?
- գիտեմ ո՛ է դա (gitem o ē da) — I know who he is
- ո՛ ոք եւ իցէ (o okʿ ew icʿē) — whoever he may be
- ո՞յր է մատեանս (oyr ē mateans) — whose book is this?
- զո՞ խնդրէք (zo xndrēkʿ) — whom do you seek?
- ո՞յր ես (oyr es) — who are you for?
- ո՞ւմ ասացեր (owm asacʿer) — to whom have you spoken?
- ո՞ գիտէ (o gitē) — who knows?
- ո՞յք ոմանք իցեն (oykʿ omankʿ icʿen) — who are they who ...?
- ո՞ւմ ի կապելոց (owm i kapelocʿ) — to which of the prisoners?
- յո՞ւմ անձին (yowm anjin) — on which person?
- ո՞յք եմք (oykʿ emkʿ) — who are we?
- ո եւ պէտ ( o ew pēt) — whoever it may be
- յոյր սակս/սակի (yoyr saks/saki) — why? on what account? for what reason?
- ում եւ պետ (um ew pet) — whatever, whatsoever
Declension [edit]
declension
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ո (o) | ոյք (oykʿ) | |
| genitive | ոյր (oyr) | ո (o) | |
| dative | ում (um) | ոյց (oycʿ) | |
| accusative | զո (zo) | զոյս (zoys) | |
| ablative | յումէ, յումմէ (yumē, yummē) | յոյց (yoycʿ) | |
| instrumental | որով* (orov*) | որովք* (orovkʿ*) | |
| locative | յում (yum) | յոյս (yoys) | |
| *this pronoun has no instrumental forms; they are filled by instrumentals of որ | |||
Derived terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
- Armenian: ով
References [edit]
- “ո” in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
- “ո” in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
- “ո” in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79
