իրար

Armenian

Alternative forms

• իրարու (iraru) — dialectal

Etymology

From Middle Armenian իրար (irar), from Old Armenian իրեար (irear).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /iˈɾɑɾ/, [iɾɑ́ɾ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /iˈɾɑɾ/, [iɾɑ́ɾ]
• Hyphenation: ի‧րար

Pronoun

իրար • (irar)

1. each other, one another

   Մենք իրար սիրում ենք։ ― Menkʻ irar sirum enkʻ. ― We love each other

Usage notes

Does not have a nominative. The inflected forms are the dative իրար (irar), dialectal իրարու (iraru), the ablative իրարից (iraricʻ), dialectal իրարուց (irarucʻ), and the instrumental իրարով (irarov). In Western Armenian the inflected forms are as follows: accusative իրար (irar) or զիրար (zirar), dative/genitive իրարու (iraru), ablative իրարմէ (irarmē), and instrumental իրարմով (irarmov).

Synonyms

• միմյանց (mimyancʻ), մեկմեկու (mekmeku)

References

• Asatryan, M. E. (2004) Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezu. Jewabanutʻyun [Modern Armenian: Morphology]‎^[1], 4th edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 177–178
• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 136
• Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “իրար”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 173a