եւ

See also: -եւ and և

Armenian

Alternative forms

• և (ew)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛv], (word-initially or separately) IPA^(key): [jɛv]

• Audio (word-initially or separately):

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Etymology 1

From ե + ւ. The typographical variant և (ew) is a ligature of these two symbols.

Letter

եւ

1. The 37th letter of Armenian alphabet according to Reformed Orthography. Represents [ɛv] (but [jɛv] word-initially and separately). Transliterated as ew.

Usage notes

• This letter was created in the result of the spelling reform of the Armenian language of 1922–1924. The Traditional Armenian orthography continues to treat եւ as a simple digraph of ե (e) + ւ (w) and not as a separate letter.
• When used in sentence case, the capital form of the letter is Եվ. However, in all caps text it is ԵՎ.

See also

• (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
• (Dialectological): ՠ / ա̈   ա̊   ա̄   ը̂   է̀   էօ / օ̈   էօ̀ / օ̈̀   իւ / ո̈ւ   գ^յ   կ^յ   ք^յ   հ^յ   բՙ   դՙ   գՙ   ձՙ   ջՙ   ղՙ   ֈ   ʔ  
• (Punctuation):  ՙ    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ․   ։   ֊
• (Symbols): ֏ ֎ ֍

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian եւ (ew).

Alternative forms

• յեվ (yev) — 1922–1940 reformed orthography

Conjunction

եւ • (ew)

1. (somewhat formal) and

Synonyms

• ու (u)

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“at, near”).

Conjunction

եւ • (ew)

1. and; also, likewise

   եւ ..., եւ ... ― ew ..., ew ... ― both ... and ...

   եւ ոչ ― ew očʻ ― neither, no, nor

   ոչ մին եւ ոչ միւսն ― očʻ min ew očʻ miwsn ― neither; neither one nor the other

   եւ երիտասարդ եւ ծերք ― ew eritasard ew cerkʻ ― both young and old

   եւ այլն ― ew ayln ― et cetera, and so on

   եւ այն զի, եւ այս զի ― ew ayn zi, ew ays zi ― the more so

   եւ արդ ― ew ard ― now, then

   եւ եւս ― ew ews ― also, more, over, still, moreover, likewise

   եւ զի, եւ քանզի ― ew zi, ew kʻanzi ― since, because

   չեւ, չեւ եւս ― čʻew, čʻew ews ― not yet; not till now

   չեւ տեսեալ ― čʻew teseal ― before seeing

Derived terms

• այլեւս (aylews)
• եւեթ (ewetʻ)
• եւս (ews)
• եօթնեւտասն (eōtʻnewtasn)
• զեւս (zews)
• թերեւս (tʻerews)
• թէեւ (tʻēew)

• թէպէտեւ (tʻēpētew)
• իբրեւ (ibrew)
• իննեւտասն (innewtasn)
• մեւս (mews)
• մինչեւ (minčʻew)
• մինչչեւ (minčʻčʻew)
• միւս (miws)

• ութեւտասն (utʻewtasn)
• չեւ (čʻew)
• քանզեւս (kʻanzews)

Descendants

• Armenian: եւ (ew)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “եւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 386
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎^[1], Zagreb, page 10
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy