Armenian

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Etymology 1

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From Old Armenian ես (es).

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Pronoun

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ես (es)

  1. (personal) I
    Ես ունեմ մեծ տուն։Es unem mec tun.I have a big house.
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Noun

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ես (es)

  1. ego, the self
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Etymology 2

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From Old Armenian ես (es).

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Verb

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ես (es)

  1. second-person singular present of եմ (em)
    Դու հայ ես։Du hay es.You are Armenian.
    Դու հայ չես։Du hay čʻes.You are not an Armenian.
    Դու գիրքը կարդալու ես։Du girkʻə kardalu es.You will read the book.

Old Armenian

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

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ես (es)

  1. (personal) I
    ես ինքնes inkʻnmyself
    ահաւասիկ եսahawasik eshere I am, here am I
    ես եմes emit is I
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  • Armenian: ես (es)

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁éssi, second-person singular present indicative of *h₁ésti.

Verb

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ես (es)

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of եմ (em)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ես”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ես”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ես”, 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 255
  • Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate[1], PhD dissertation, Leiden University, pages 24-25