See also: and եւ

և U+0587, և
ARMENIAN SMALL LIGATURE ECH YIWN
ֆ
[U+0586]
Armenian ֈ
[U+0588]

Armenian Edit

Alternative forms Edit

  • եւ (ew)alternative typography

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): [ɛv], (word-initially or separately) IPA(key): [jɛv]
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Etymology 1 Edit

A ligature of ե + ւ.

Letter Edit

և

և lowercase (uppercase ԵՒ, title-case Եւ)

  1. The 37th letter of Armenian alphabet according to Reformed Orthography. Represents [ɛv] (but [jɛv] word-initially and separately). Transliterated as ew.
Usage notes Edit
See also Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian և (ew). As an inheritance, survives only in the Suceava dialect.

Conjunction Edit

և (ew)

  1. (somewhat formal) and
    Synonym: ու (u)
Alternative forms Edit

Old Armenian Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (at, near). Related to ու (u).

Conjunction Edit

և (ew)

  1. and; also, likewise
    եւ ..., եւ ...ew ..., ew ...both ... and ...
    եւ ոչew očʿneither, no, nor
    ոչ մին եւ ոչ միւսնočʿ min ew očʿ miwsnneither; neither one nor the other
    եւ երիտասարդ եւ ծերքew eritasard ew cerkʿboth young and old
    եւ այլնew aylnet cetera, and so on
    եւ այն զի, եւ այս զիew ayn zi, ew ays zithe more so
    եւ արդew ardnow, then
    եւ եւսew ewsalso, more, over, still, moreover, likewise
    եւ զի, եւ քանզիew zi, ew kʿanzisince, because
    չեւ, չեւ եւսčʿew, čʿew ewsnot yet; not till now
    չեւ տեսեալčʿew tesealbefore seeing

Derived terms Edit

Descendants Edit

  • Armenian: եւ (ew) (learned)

References Edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “և”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “և”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 386
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian[1], Zagreb, page 10
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “և”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy