ինքն

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Armenian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

ինքն (inkʻn)

  1. Alternative form of ինքը (inkʻə)

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • ինք (inkʻ) (post-classical)

Etymology[edit]

The origin is uncertain. The element -ք(ե)- (-kʻ(e)-) could be from Proto-Indo-European *swé.

Pronoun[edit]

ինքն (inkʻn)

  1. (reflexive) -self (used for the first, second, and third persons)
    այս ինքնays inkʻnnamely, that is to say, to wit
    ես ինքնes inkʻnmyself
    դու ինքնdu inkʻnthyself
    նա ինքնna inkʻnhimself, herself
    ընդ ինքն բարբառելənd inkʻn barbaṙelto say to oneself, to talk with oneself
    ըստ ինքեանəst inkʻeanof one self
    ինքն ըստ ինքեանinkʻn əst inkʻeanby oneself/itself, of one's/its own accord
    յինքն գալ, գալ առ ինքնyinkʻn gal, gal aṙ inkʻnto come to oneself
    յինքն ամփոփիլ մտացyinkʻn ampʻopʻil mtacʻto concentrate one's ideas, to collect one's thoughts
    յինքն արկանելyinkʻn arkanelto attract, to win, to allure, to draw on, to entice, to gain
    յինքն հանելyinkʻn hanelto snatch away, to possess oneself of, to appropriate
    ինքեան զօրութեամբinkʻean zōrutʻeambby one's own power or force

Usage notes[edit]

The word is often used in an intensifying role.

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: ինքը (inkʻə), ինքնըստինքյան (inkʻnəstinkʻyan), ինքզինք (inkʻzinkʻ)

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References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ինքն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ինքն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ինքն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 303
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 107