մեք

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *mes. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *my and Lithuanian mẽs.

Pronoun

մեք (mekʻ)

  1. (personal) we
    մեք ինքնին, մեք մեզէնmekʻ inkʻnin, mekʻ mezēnourselves
    զի՛նչ մեք ողորմելիքսzínčʻ mekʻ ołormelikʻswhat poor creatures we are!
Declension
Usage notes

The word has the following combining forms: մեր- (mer-), մեօք- (meōkʻ-) (rare).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: մենք (menkʻ)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մեք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մեք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մեք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press