Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • իւրեան (iwrean) (only for the reflexive pronoun, not the possessive one)

Etymology edit

From earlier *եւր (*ewr), from Proto-Indo-European *sewe-ro-, from *séwe, from *swé.

Pronoun edit

իւր (iwr)

  1. (reflexive) self
    իւրն հետեւելiwrn hetewelto follow him/her
    իւրեան գործակցոքiwrean gorcakcʿokʿwith his coadjutors
    ունել զիւրեաւunel ziwreawto put on, to wear
    զբազումս զիւրեաւ էածzbazums ziwreaw ēache attracted many people
    եկին առ իւրեանցնekin aṙ iwreancʿnthey came to their people
    Էնն անեղ իւրեւĒnn aneł iwrewGod who exists by himself
    ըստ իւր ինքեան ասելոյնəst iwr inkʿean aseloynconformably to what he had himself said
    յիւր վերայ/ի վերայ իւրyiwr veray/i veray iwron him

Declension edit

Pronoun edit

իւր (iwr)

  1. (possessive) his own, her own
    իւրով անձամբiwrov anjambpersonally, in person
    իբրեւ իւրոյ հայէր մեծութեաննibrew iwroy hayēr mecutʿeannhe considered riches as belonging to himself
    իւր առնելiwr aṙnelto appropriate to himself; to usurp
    իւր վարկանել զիմնiwr varkanel zimnto think it his own
    իւրքնiwrkʿnhis relations, friends, dependents, etc

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: յուր (yur), իր (ir), իրենք (irenkʿ)

See also edit

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “իւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “իւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “իւր”, 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