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ինքը

Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian ինքն (inkʻn).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ինքը • (inkʻə)

  1. he himself, she herself, it itself

Usage notes

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  • This pronoun can be combined with any personal pronoun to emphasize its antecedent, in which case it takes a personal suffix (-ս (-s)/-դ (-d)/-ը (-ə)) corresponding to the person, e.g., ես ինքս (es inkʻs) ("I myself"), դու ինքդ (du inkʻd) ("you yourself"), նա ինքը (na inkʻə) ("he himself/she herself"), դուք ինքներդ (dukʻ inkʻnerd) ("you yourselves"), մենք ինքներս (menkʻ inkʻners) ("we ourselves") and so on.
  • This pronoun also functions as a reflexive pronoun for the third person singular and plural: e.g., նրանք/իրենք իրենց լավ են պահում (nrankʻ/irenkʻ irencʻ lav en pahum) ("they are behaving themselves well"), նա/ինքն իրեն լավ չի զգում (na/inkʻn iren lav čʻi zgum) ("he/she does not feel well").
  • In spoken Western and Eastern Armenian, ինքը is commonly used in place of the ordinary third person personal pronoun նա (na), e.g., ինքը տուն է գնում (inkʻə tun ē gnum) instead of նա տուն է գնում (na tun ē gnum), both meaning "He/she is going home."

Declension

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    declension of ինքը   (Eastern Armenian)
singular
nominative ինքը (inkʻə)
genitive իր, յուր* (ir, yur*)
dative իրեն (iren)
accusative իրեն (iren)
ablative իրենից (irenicʻ)
instrumental իրենով (irenov)
locative իրենում (irenum)
*dated

Derived terms

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References

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  • Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 126-128
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