Old Armenian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂. Borrowing from the Iranian cognate is also possible.

Noun edit

քէն (kʻēn)

  1. rancour, inveterate hate, spite, ill will, resentment; revenge
    քէն պահել, ի քէնս մտանելkʻēn pahel, i kʻēns mtanelto bear or owe a grudge, to bear malice or ill-will, to bear hard
    քէն ի մտի ունելkʻēn i mti unelto keep alive resentment for an injury
    քէն ունել ընդ ումեքkʻēn unel ənd umekʻto have a grudge or spite against
    քէն ի վրիժուցkʻēn i vrižucʻout of or from hatred
    հանել զվրէժ քինու, խնդրել զքէն վրիժուցhanel zvrēž kʻinu, xndrel zkʻēn vrižucʻto by revenged, to revenge oneself
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Armenian: քեն (kʻen)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քէն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017) “Part 9: Armenian”, in Kapović, Mate, editor, The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 425
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քէն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2 edit

Pronoun edit

քէն (kʻēn)

  1. ablative singular of դու (du)
    ի քէնi kʻēnfrom, by or of thee; thyself
    նա խօսեսցի առ ի քէնna xōsescʻi aṙ i kʻēnhe shall be thy spokesman
    ոչինչ հեռի ի քէնočʻinčʻ heṙi i kʻēnnot very far from you
    զքէնzkʻēnupon thee; of thee
    զինչ ասիցեն զքէնzinčʻ asicʻen zkʻēnwhat will they say of you?
    զորոց իրածգած եղեն զքէնzorocʻ iracgac ełen zkʻēnthose things they have heard about you