դուք

See also: Դուք

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian դուք (dukʻ).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /dukʰ/ [dukʰ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /tuk/ [tʰukʰ]

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Pronoun

դուք • (dukʻ)

1. (personal) you (plural)

Declension

Eastern Armenian

	singular
nominative	դուք (dukʻ)
genitive	ձեր (jer)
dative	ձեզ (jez)
accusative	ձեզ (jez)
ablative	ձեզնից / ձեզանից (jeznicʻ / jezanicʻ)
instrumental	ձեզնով / ձեզանով (jeznov / jezanov)
locative	ձեզնում / ձեզանում (jeznum / jezanum)

Western Armenian, traditional orthography

	singular
nominative	դուք (dukʻ)
genitive	ձեր (jer)
dative	ձեզի (jezi)
accusative	ձեզ (jez)
ablative	ձեզմէ (jezmē)
instrumental	ձեզմով (jezmov)

See also

Eastern Armenian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ես (es)	մենք (menkʻ)
2nd person	familiar	դու (du)	դուք (dukʻ)
	polite	Դուք (Dukʻ)
3rd person		նա (na)	նրանք (nrankʻ)

Western Armenian personal pronouns (Traditional orthography)

		singular	plural
1st person		ես (es)	մենք (menkʻ)
2nd person	familiar	դուն (dun)	դուք (dukʻ)
	polite	Դուք (Dukʻ)
3rd person		ան (an)	անոնք (anonkʻ)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From դու (du) +‎ -ք (-kʻ, “pluralization suffix”). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs, with դ- (d-) instead of ջ- (ǰ-) analogically after դու (du).

Pronoun

դուք • (dukʻ)

1. (personal) you (plural)

   դուք որ բուն անարգ էք ― dukʻ or bun anarg ēkʻ ― you who are by nature vile

Declension

pronominal

	singular	plural
nominative	դու (du)	դուք (dukʻ)
genitive	քո (kʻo)	ձեր (jer)
dative	քեզ (kʻez)	ձեզ (jez)
accusative	քեզ (kʻez)	ձեզ (jez)
ablative	քէն, քեզէն1, քեզոյն1 (kʻēn, kʻezēn1, kʻezoyn1)	ձէնջ, ձեզէն1, ձեզոյն1 (jēnǰ, jezēn1, jezoyn1)
instrumental	քև (kʻew)	ձևք, ձեօք = ձեաւք (jewkʻ, jeōkʻ = jeawkʻ)
locative	քեզ (kʻez)	ձեզ (jez)

¹ these secondary ablative form may be used in an intensifying role

Descendants

• Armenian: դուք (dukʻ)

See also

Old Armenian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ես (es)	մեք (mekʻ)
2nd person		դու (du)	դուք (dukʻ)
3rd person		նա (na)	նոքա (nokʻa)

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009), A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎^[1], Zagreb, page 20
• Godel, Robert (1975), An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 110