եղյամ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian եղեամն (ełeamn).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [jeʁˈjɑm]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [jeʁˈjɑm]

• Audio (Eastern Armenian)

  (file)

Noun

եղյամ • (eġyam)

1. frost, hoarfrost, rime
2. (figuratively) white hair on the head, hoar

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	եղյամ (eġyam)
dative	եղյամի (eġyami)
ablative	եղյամից (eġyamicʻ)
instrumental	եղյամով (eġyamov)
locative	եղյամում (eġyamum)
	definite forms
nominative	եղյամը/եղյամն (eġyamə/eġyamn)
dative	եղյամին (eġyamin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	եղյամս (eġyams)
dative	եղյամիս (eġyamis)
ablative	եղյամիցս (eġyamicʻs)
instrumental	եղյամովս (eġyamovs)
locative	եղյամումս (eġyamums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	եղյամդ (eġyamd)
dative	եղյամիդ (eġyamid)
ablative	եղյամիցդ (eġyamicʻd)
instrumental	եղյամովդ (eġyamovd)
locative	եղյամումդ (eġyamumd)

Alternative forms

• եղեամ (eġeam) — traditional orthography