ով

See also: -ով

Armenian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old Armenian ով (ov).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ov/, [ov]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ov/, [ov]

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Pronoun

ով • (ov)

1. who

Declension

    declension of ով   (Eastern Armenian)

	singular
nominative	ով (ov)
genitive	ում (um)
dative	ում (um)
accusative	ում (um)
ablative	ումից (umicʻ)
instrumental	ումով (umov)
locative	— ()

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Old Armenian

Etymology

Alternative form of ո (o, “who”), used before vowels.

Pronoun

ո՞վ • (o^?v)

1. (interrogative) who?

   ո՞վ ոք ― o^?v okʻ ― who?

   ո՞վ ի ձէնջ ― o^?v i jēnǰ ― who amongst you?

   ո՞վ է դա, ո՞վ է այրդ ― o^?v ē da, o^?v ē ayrd ― who is this man? what man is that?

   ոյր է պատկերս ― oyr ē patkers ― whose likeness is this?

   ո՞վ ես դու ― o^?v es du ― who are you?

   զո՞վ առաւել սիրես ― zo^?v aṙawel sires ― which do you like best?

   ո՞վ եւ ո՞վ իցեն որ երթայցեն ― o^?v ew o^?v icʻen or ertʻaycʻen ― who will go?

2. who, that, he that, whoever

Declension

pronominal

	singular		plural
nominative	ով (ov)		ոյք (oykʻ)
genitive	ոյր (oyr)		ո (o)
dative	ում (um)		ոյց (oycʻ)
accusative	ով (ov)		ոյս (oys)
ablative	ումէ, ումմէ (umē, ummē)		ոյց (oycʻ)
instrumental	որով* (orov*)		որովք* (orovkʻ*)
locative	ում (um)		ոյս (oys)
*this pronoun has no instrumental forms; they are filled by instrumentals of որ (or)

Derived terms

• յով (yov)

Descendants

• Armenian: ով (ov)

References

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