Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian այդ (ayd). The dialectal forms are inherited.

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

այդ (ayd)

  1. that (close to the listener)
    Տու՛ր ինձ այդ գիրքը։Túr inj ayd girkʻə.Give me that book (which is near you).

Usage notes edit

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

Derived terms edit

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From the demonstrative particle *այ- (*ay-) +‎ *դո- (*do-). For the first see այն (ayn).

Pronoun edit

այդ (ayd)

  1. (demonstrative) that (near the 2nd person)

Declension edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: այդ (ayd), ատ (at)

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References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “այդ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “այդ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “այդ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 107