ինչ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Old Armenian ինչ (inčʻ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ինչ (inčʻ)

  1. what? (interrogative pronoun)
    Ի՞նչ ես անում։I?nčʻ es anum.What are you doing?
  2. what (indefinite pronoun)
    ահա թե ինչaha tʻe inčʻhere is what
  3. something, some kind of thing, whatever thing, anything, everything (indefinite pronoun)
    ինչ ուզեսinčʻ uzeswhatever you want

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Determiner[edit]

ինչ (inčʻ)

  1. what? (interrogative determiner)
    Ի՞նչ կարիք կա սրա։I?nčʻ karikʻ ka sra.What need is there for this?
  2. what! how! (exclamatory)
    Ինչ հիմա՛ր ես դու։Inčʻ himár es du.What an idiot you are! You are such an idiot!
    Այս ապուրն ինչ համե՜ղ է:Ays apurn inčʻ hame!ġ ē:How delicious is this soup! This soup is so delicious!
  3. some, some kind of, whatever, any, every (indefinite determiner)

Conjunction[edit]

ինչ (inčʻ)

  1. that, which
  2. as, like; compare ինչպես (inčʻpes)

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Descendants[edit]

  • Georgian: ინჩი (inči)

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From ի- (i-).

Pronoun[edit]

ինչ (inčʻ)

  1. (indefinite) some, a, an, one, certain, single, any
    աւուրս ինչawurs inčʻsome days
    պտուղ ինչptuł inčʻsome fruit
    չիք ինչ, չէ ինչčʻikʻ inčʻ, čʻē inčʻnothing, it is nothing, no matter
    չգիտեմ ինչčʻgitem inčʻI know nothing, I know nothing about it
    զի՞նչ ինչzi?nčʻ inčʻwhat? what thing?
    ունիմ ինչ ասել քեզunim inčʻ asel kʻezI have something to tell you
    յինչ ածելyinčʻ acelto create
    ոչ ինչočʻ inčʻnothing
    այն ինչayn inčʻwhilst, as long as, so long as; recently, freshly, newly
    ամենայն որ ինչ իմ է՝ քո էamenayn or inčʻ im ē, kʻo ēall that I have is thine
  2. (interrogative) what? which?
    զի՞նչ ժամ էzi?nčʻ žam ēwhat o'clock is it?
    զի՞նչ ասէzi?nčʻ asēwhat says he?
    առ ի՞նչaṙ i?nčʻhow? why? for what cause?
    առ զի՞նչ իցէaṙ zi?nčʻ icʻēto what purpose?
    յի՞նչ օրէնսyi?nčʻ ōrēnsin what law? in what religion or custom?

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Noun[edit]

ինչ (inčʻ)

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

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References[edit]

  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ինչ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ինչ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ինչ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy