մենք

Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

մունք (munkʻ) (dialectal)

Etymology edit

Development of Old Armenian մեք (mekʻ) in dialects with nasal epenthesis.

Pronunciation edit

Audio (Eastern Armenian) (file)

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

Pronoun edit

մենք • (menkʻ)

(personal) we

Declension edit

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declension of մենք (Eastern Armenian)

	singular
nominative	մենք (menkʻ)
genitive	մեր (mer)
dative	մեզ (mez)
accusative	մեզ (mez)
ablative	մեզնից/մեզանից (meznicʻ/mezanicʻ)
instrumental	մեզնով/մեզանով (meznov/mezanov)
locative	մեզնում/մեզանում (meznum/mezanum)

declension of մենք (Western Armenian, traditional orthography)

	singular
nominative	մենք (menkʻ)
genitive	մեր (mer)
dative	մեզի (mezi)
accusative	մեզ (mez)
ablative	մեզմէ (mezmē)
instrumental	մեզմով (mezmov)

See also edit

Eastern Armenian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ես (es)	մենք (menkʿ)
2nd person	familiar	դու (du)	դուք (dukʿ)
2nd person	polite	Դուք (Dukʿ)	դուք (dukʿ)
3rd person		նա (na)	նրանք (nrankʿ)

Western Armenian personal pronouns (Traditional orthography)

		singular	plural
1st person		ես (es)	մենք (menkʿ)
2nd person	familiar	դուն (dun)	դուք (dukʿ)
2nd person	polite	Դուք (Dukʿ)	դուք (dukʿ)
3rd person		ան (an)	անոնք (anonkʿ)

References edit

Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 465