մենդելևիում

Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From New Latin mendelevium, but taking into account the Armenian spelling of Մենդելեեւ (Mendeleew, Mendeleev).

Pronunciation edit

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /mendeleviˈjum/ [mendeleviˈjum] invalid IPA characters (//[]), /mendeˈlevijum/ [mendeˈlevijum] invalid IPA characters (//[])
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /menteleviˈjum/ [mentʰeleviˈjum] invalid IPA characters (//[]), /menteˈlevijum/ [mentʰeˈlevijum] invalid IPA characters (//[])

Noun edit

մենդելևիում (mendelewium)

  1. mendelevium

Usage notes edit

Eastern Armenian professional circles (such as physicists) colloquially use Russian менделевий (mendelevij), as most of them are Russian-educated.

Declension edit