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ինքն

Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ինքն • (inkʻn)

  1. Alternative form of ինքը (inkʻə)

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • ինք (inkʻ) (post-classical)

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. The element -ք(ե)- (-kʻ(e)-) could be from Proto-Indo-European *swé.

Pronoun edit

ինքն • (inkʻn)

  1. (reflexive) -self (used for the first, second, and third persons)
    այս ինքն ― ays inkʻn ― namely, that is to say, to wit
    ես ինքն ― es inkʻn ― myself
    դու ինքն ― du inkʻn ― thyself
    նա ինքն ― na inkʻn ― himself, herself
    ընդ ինքն բարբառել ― ənd inkʻn barbaṙel ― to say to oneself, to talk with oneself
    ըստ ինքեան ― əst inkʻean ― of one self
    ինքն ըստ ինքեան ― inkʻn əst inkʻean ― by oneself/itself, of one's/its own accord
    յինքն գալ, գալ առ ինքն ― yinkʻn gal, gal aṙ inkʻn ― to come to oneself
    յինքն ամփոփիլ մտաց ― yinkʻn ampʻopʻil mtacʻ ― to concentrate one's ideas, to collect one's thoughts
    յինքն արկանել ― yinkʻn arkanel ― to attract, to win, to allure, to draw on, to entice, to gain
    յինքն հանել ― yinkʻn hanel ― to snatch away, to possess oneself of, to appropriate
    ինքեան զօրութեամբ ― inkʻean zōrutʻeamb ― by one's own power or force

Usage notes edit

The word is often used in an intensifying role.

Declension edit

n-type
singular plural
nominative ինքն (inkʻn) ինքեանք (inkʻeankʻ)
genitive ինքեան (inkʻean) ինքեանց (inkʻeancʻ)
dative ինքեան (inkʻean) ինքեանց (inkʻeancʻ)
accusative ինքն (inkʻn) ինքեանս (inkʻeans)
ablative ինքենէ (inkʻenē) ինքեանց (inkʻeancʻ)
instrumental ինքեամբ (inkʻeamb) ինքեամբք (inkʻeambkʻ)
locative ինքեան (inkʻean) ինքեանս (inkʻeans)
the genitive can also be spelled ընքեան (ənkʻean) and the instrumental ընքեամբ (ənkʻeamb)

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ինքը (inkʻə), ⇒ ինքնըստինքյան (inkʻnəstinkʻyan), ⇒ ինքզինք (inkʻzinkʻ)

See also edit

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ինքն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ինքն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ինքն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 303
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 107
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