էսի

Armenian

Etymology

From էս (ēs), dialectal development of Old Armenian այս (ays, “this”), and the suffix -իկ (-ik), with the final consonant cut off. For the development, compare էտի (ēti), էնի (ēni), and especially the declension of հիմա (hima).

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /eˈsi/, [esí]

Pronoun

էսի • (ēsi)

(dialectal) Synonym of սա (sa)

References

Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “հեմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 79