մենք

Armenian

Alternative forms

• մունք (munkʿ) (dialectal)

Etymology

Development of Old Armenian մեք (mekʿ) in dialects with nasal epenthesis.

Pronunciation

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• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [meŋkʰ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [meŋkʰ]

Pronoun

մենք • (menkʿ)

1. (personal) we

Declension

    declension of մենք   (Eastern Armenian)

	singular
nominative	մենք (menkʿ)
genitive	մեր (mer)
dative	մեզ (mez)
accusative	մեզ (mez)
ablative	մեզնից/մեզանից (meznicʿ/mezanicʿ)
instrumental	մեզնով/մեզանով (meznov/mezanov)
locative	մեզնում/մեզանում (meznum/mezanum)

    declension of մենք   (Western Armenian, traditional orthography)

	singular
nominative	մենք (menkʿ)
genitive	մեր (mer)
dative	մեզի (mezi)
accusative	մեզ (mez)
ablative	մեզմէ (mezmē)
instrumental	մեզմով (mezmov)

See also

Eastern Armenian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ես (es)	մենք (menkʿ)
2nd person	familiar	դու (du)	դուք (dukʿ)
	polite	Դուք (Dukʿ)
3rd person		նա (na)	նրանք (nrankʿ)

Western Armenian personal pronouns (Traditional orthography)

		singular	plural
1st person		ես (es)	մենք (menkʿ)
2nd person	familiar	դուն (dun)	դուք (dukʿ)
	polite	Դուք (Dukʿ)
3rd person		ան (an)	անոնք (anonkʿ)

References

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 465