սա

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sa"

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian սա (sa).

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /sɑ/, [sɑ]
(Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /sɑ/, [sɑ]

Pronoun

սա • (sa)

this
Synonym: էսի (ēsi) — dialectal

Usage notes

այս (ays) and սա form a pronoun-determiner pair. See այս (ays) for more details.

Declension

Eastern Armenian
	singular
nominative	սա (sa)
genitive	սրա (sra)
dative	սրան (sran)
accusative	սրան (sran)
ablative	սրանից (sranicʻ)
instrumental	սրանով (sranov)
locative	սրանում (sranum)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

սայ (say)
սէ (sē) (feminine form invented by the Hellenizing School)

Etymology

From *սո- (*so-).

Pronoun

սա • (sa)

(demonstrative) this
սոյն սա ― soyn sa ― this one

սա է ― sa ē ― that is to say

սա աւասիկ ― sa awasik ― however, yet, still

Declension

pronominal
	singular	plural
nominative	սա (sa)	սոքա (sokʻa)
genitive	սորա (sora)	սոցա (socʻa)
dative	սմա (sma)	սոցա (socʻa)
accusative	սա (sa)	սոսա (sosa)
ablative	սմանէ (smanē)	սոցանէ (socʻanē)
instrumental	սովաւ (sovaw)	սոքօք = սոքաւք (sokʻōkʻ = sokʻawkʻ)
locative	սմա (sma)	սոսա (sosa)

these are also written as սայ (say), սորայ (soray), սոքայ (sokʻay), սոցայ (socʻay), սմայ (smay), etc., when used with a deictic suffix; a plural nominative սայք (saykʻ) and plural genitive/dative սայց (saycʻ) where invented by Hellenophile authors

Synonyms

այս (ays), սոյն (soyn)

Descendants

Armenian: սա (sa)

References

Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սա”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սա”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սա”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press