իմովսանն
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Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Armenian իմովսանն (imovsann); see it for more.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [imofˈsɑnː]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [imofˈsɑnː]
Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file) - Hyphenation: ի‧մով‧սանն
Adverb[edit]
իմովսանն • (imovsann)
- (archaic) as far as I possibly can, as much as is in my power, as much as I can, the best I can
Related terms[edit]
- մերովսանն (merovsann), ձերովսանն (jerovsann), յուրովսանն (yurovsann)
Old Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From իմով (imov), the instrumental of իմ (im), + ս (s) + -ան (-an) + ն (n). Compare իւրեանցանն (iwreancʿann).
Adverb[edit]
իմովսանն • (imovsann)
- as far as I possibly can, as much as is in my power, as much as I can, the best I can; as for me
Descendants[edit]
- Armenian: իմովսանն (imovsann)
References[edit]
- Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “իմովսանն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “իմովսանն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “իմովսանն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-անն”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48