See also: Է, , and է-

է U+0567, է
ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER EH
զ
[U+0566]
Armenian ը
[U+0568]

Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Letter edit

է

է lowercase (uppercase Է)

  1. The 7th letter of Armenian alphabet, called է (ē). Transliterated as ē. Represents an open-mid front unrounded vowel: [ɛ]. In Old Armenian it must have been a diphthong-like vowel [e(j)]

See also edit

References edit

  • Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, § 1.1.1

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Armenian է (ē).

Alternative forms edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

է (ē)

  1. third-person singular present of եմ (em)
    Նա հայ է։Na hay ē.He is an Armenian.
    Նա հայ չէ։Na hay čʿē.He is not an Armenian.
    Նա գիրքը կարդալու է։Na girkʿə kardalu ē.He will read the book.

Etymology 3 edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian է (ē).

Noun edit

է (ē) (dated)

  1. being, existence, something or someone that exists, onto-
  2. God
Declension edit
Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Armenian *ei, from *eti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésti, the regular reflex of which would have been *եստ (*est). We are dealing here with the analogical influence of the corresponding ending of thematic verbs (compare բերէ (berē)) and the analogical extension of the secondary stem *e(h)- deriving from *h₁ésmi.

Verb edit

է (ē)

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

Noun edit

է (ē)

  1. being, existence, something or someone that exists
  2. God

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: է (ē)

Further reading edit