Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian այդ (ayd). The dialectal forms are inherited.

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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այդ (ayd)

  1. that (close to the listener)
    Տու՛ր ինձ այդ գիրքը։Túr inj ayd girkʻə.Give me that book (which is near you).

Usage notes

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այդ and դա (da) form a pronoun-determiner pair. See այս (ays) for more details.

Derived terms

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From the demonstrative particle *այ- (*ay-) +‎ *դո- (*do-). For the first see այն (ayn).

Pronoun

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այդ (ayd)

  1. (demonstrative) that (near the 2nd person)

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: այդ (ayd), ատ (at)

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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “այդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “այդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “այդ”, 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
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 107