Եփրեմ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian Եփրեմ (Epʻrem).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /jepʰˈɾem/, [jepʰɾém]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /jepˈɾem/, [jepʰɾém]

Proper noun

Եփրեմ • (Epʻrem)

1. Ephraim (the younger son of Joseph)
2. a male given name, Yeprem, equivalent to English Ephrem

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	Եփրեմ (Epʻrem)	Եփրեմներ (Epʻremner)
dative	Եփրեմի (Epʻremi)	Եփրեմների (Epʻremneri)
ablative	Եփրեմից (Epʻremicʻ)	Եփրեմներից (Epʻremnericʻ)
instrumental	Եփրեմով (Epʻremov)	Եփրեմներով (Epʻremnerov)
locative	—	—
	definite forms
nominative	Եփրեմը/Եփրեմն (Epʻremə/Epʻremn)	Եփրեմները/Եփրեմներն (Epʻremnerə/Epʻremnern)
dative	Եփրեմին (Epʻremin)	Եփրեմներին (Epʻremnerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	Եփրեմս (Epʻrems)	Եփրեմներս (Epʻremners)
dative	Եփրեմիս (Epʻremis)	Եփրեմներիս (Epʻremneris)
ablative	Եփրեմիցս (Epʻremicʻs)	Եփրեմներիցս (Epʻremnericʻs)
instrumental	Եփրեմովս (Epʻremovs)	Եփրեմներովս (Epʻremnerovs)
locative	—	—
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	Եփրեմդ (Epʻremd)	Եփրեմներդ (Epʻremnerd)
dative	Եփրեմիդ (Epʻremid)	Եփրեմներիդ (Epʻremnerid)
ablative	Եփրեմիցդ (Epʻremicʻd)	Եփրեմներիցդ (Epʻremnericʻd)
instrumental	Եփրեմովդ (Epʻremovd)	Եփրեմներովդ (Epʻremnerovd)
locative	—	—

Derived terms

• Եփրեմյան (Epʻremyan)

Further reading

• Barseġyan, Hovhannes (2006) “Avandakan ew patmakan anjnanunneri hayeren taṙadarjutʻyan masin orošum [A Decision on Armenian Transcription of Traditional and Historic Personal Names]”, in Terminabanakan ew uġġagrakan teġekatu [Terminological and Orthographic Reference Book]‎^[1] (in Armenian), 6th edition, Yerevan: 9-rd hrashalik, →ISBN, page 60

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἐφραίμ (Ephraím).

Proper noun

Եփրեմ • (Epʻrem)

1. Ephraim (the younger son of Joseph)
2. a male given name, equivalent to English Ephraim

Declension

i-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Եփրեմ (Epʻrem)
genitive	Եփրեմի (Epʻremi)
dative	Եփրեմի (Epʻremi)
accusative	Եփրեմ (Epʻrem)
ablative	Եփրեմէ (Epʻremē)
instrumental	Եփրեմիւ (Epʻremiw)
locative	Եփրեմի (Epʻremi)

a-type

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	Եփրեմ (Epʻrem)
genitive	Եփրեմայ (Epʻremay)
dative	Եփրեմայ (Epʻremay)
accusative	Եփրեմ (Epʻrem)
ablative	Եփրեմայ (Epʻremay)
instrumental	Եփրեմաւ (Epʻremaw)
locative	Եփրեմ (Epʻrem)

Descendants

• Armenian: Եփրեմ (Epʻrem)

Further reading

• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942–1962) “Եփրեմ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, unnecessarily assuming borrowing from the Syriac cognate