Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ինքն (inkʿn)

  1. Alternative form of ինքը (inkʿə)

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • ինք (inkʿ) (post-classical)

Etymology edit

The origin is uncertain. The element -ք(ե)- (-kʿ(e)-) could be from Proto-Indo-European *swé.

Pronoun edit

ինքն (inkʿn)

  1. (reflexive) -self (used for the first, second, and third persons)
    այս ինքնays inkʿnnamely, that is to say, to wit
    ես ինքնes inkʿnmyself
    դու ինքնdu inkʿnthyself
    նա ինքնna inkʿnhimself, herself
    ընդ ինքն բարբառելənd inkʿn barbaṙelto say to oneself, to talk with oneself
    ըստ ինքեանəst inkʿeanof one self
    ինքն ըստ ինքեանinkʿn əst inkʿeanby oneself/itself, of one's/its own accord
    յինքն գալ, գալ առ ինքնyinkʿn gal, gal aṙ inkʿnto come to oneself
    յինքն ամփոփիլ մտացyinkʿn ampʿopʿil mtacʿto concentrate one's ideas, to collect one's thoughts
    յինքն արկանելyinkʿn arkanelto attract, to win, to allure, to draw on, to entice, to gain
    յինքն հանելyinkʿn hanelto snatch away, to possess oneself of, to appropriate
    ինքեան զօրութեամբinkʿean zōrutʿeambby one's own power or force

Usage notes edit

The word is often used in an intensifying role.

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ինքը (inkʿə), ինքնըստինքյան (inkʿnəstinkʿyan), ինքզինք (inkʿzinkʿ)

See also edit

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “ինքն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ինքն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ինքն”, 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 303
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 107