գիմ
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian գիմ (gim).
Pronunciation
Audio (East Armenian): (file)
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ɡim/, [ɡim]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /kim/, [kʰim]
Noun
գիմ • (gim)
- the name of the Armenian letter գ (g)
Usage notes
Eastern Armenians prefer calling this letter simply [ɡə], probably under the influence of Russian, which has no elaborate names for its letters.
Declension
| i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | գիմ (gim) | գիմեր (gimer) | ||
| dative | գիմի (gimi) | գիմերի (gimeri) | ||
| ablative | գիմից (gimicʻ) | գիմերից (gimericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | գիմով (gimov) | գիմերով (gimerov) | ||
| locative | գիմում (gimum) | գիմերում (gimerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | գիմը/գիմն (gimə/gimn) | գիմերը/գիմերն (gimerə/gimern) | ||
| dative | գիմին (gimin) | գիմերին (gimerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | գիմս (gims) | գիմերս (gimers) | ||
| dative | գիմիս (gimis) | գիմերիս (gimeris) | ||
| ablative | գիմիցս (gimicʻs) | գիմերիցս (gimericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | գիմովս (gimovs) | գիմերովս (gimerovs) | ||
| locative | գիմումս (gimums) | գիմերումս (gimerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | գիմդ (gimd) | գիմերդ (gimerd) | ||
| dative | գիմիդ (gimid) | գիմերիդ (gimerid) | ||
| ablative | գիմիցդ (gimicʻd) | գիմերիցդ (gimericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | գիմովդ (gimovd) | գիմերովդ (gimerovd) | ||
| locative | գիմումդ (gimumd) | գիմերումդ (gimerumd) | ||