ով

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian ով (ov).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ով (ov)

  1. who

Usage notes

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Although the relative pronoun որ can be used when referring to both people and things, in recent times it has become common to use ով (ov) in place of it when referring to people due to hypercorrection (e.g., "Լևոնը, ով իմ ընկերն է" instead of "Լևոնը, որ իմ ընկերն է", to express "Levon, who is my friend")․

Declension

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Interjection

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ով (ov)

  1. O (vocative particle, used for direct address)

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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

Pronoun

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ո՞վ (o?v)

  1. (interrogative) who?
    ո՞վ ոքo?v okʻwho?
    ո՞վ ի ձէնջo?v i jēnǰwho amongst you?
    ո՞վ է դա, ո՞վ է այրդo?v ē da, o?v ē ayrdwho is this man? what man is that?
    ոյր է պատկերսoyr ē patkerswhose likeness is this?
    ո՞վ ես դուo?v es duwho are you?
    զո՞վ առաւել սիրեսzo?v aṙawel sireswhich do you like best?
    ո՞վ եւ ո՞վ իցեն որ երթայցենo?v ew o?v icʻen or ertʻaycʻenwho will go?
  2. who, that, he that, whoever

Declension

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Interjection

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ով (ov)

  1. O (vocative particle, used for direct address)
    Ո՛վ Տէր ԱստուածÓv Tēr AstuacO Lord!

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ով (ov)

References

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  • 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
  • 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
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ով”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy