Armenian edit

Armenian numbers (edit)
10
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    Cardinal: մեկ (mek)
    Ordinal: առաջին (aṙaǰin)
    Distributive: մեկական (mekakan)
    Collective prefix: մի- (mi-)
    Fractional: ամբողջ (amboġǰ)

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian առաջին (aṙaǰin).

Pronunciation edit

Numeral edit

առաջին (aṙaǰin)

  1. first

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Adjective edit

առաջին (aṙaǰin) (superlative ամենաառաջին)

  1. first, earliest

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Old Armenian ordinal numbers
1st 2nd  > 
    Cardinal : մի (mi)
    Ordinal : առաջին (aṙaǰin)

Etymology edit

From առաջ (aṙaǰ) +‎ -ին (-in).

Numeral edit

առաջին (aṙaǰin)

  1. first
    յառաջնմէ, յառաջնումyaṙaǰnmē, yaṙaǰnumbefore, at first
    զառաջինzaṙaǰinfirst, chief, principal
    զառաջինն/զառաջինսնzaṙaǰinn/zaṙaǰinsnfirst, at first, at first sight; originally

Declension edit

Adjective edit

առաջին (aṙaǰin)

  1. prior, antecedent; ancient, primitive, chief; previous, original; precocious
    առաջինքaṙaǰinkʿancestors, predecessors; the ancients

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Adverb edit

առաջին (aṙaǰin)

  1. in the first place

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: առաջին (aṙaǰin)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879) “առաջին”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “առաջին”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979) “աջ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys