ոչինչ
Armenian
Alternative forms
- վոչինչ (vočʿinčʿ) – reformed orthography spelling in 1922–1940
Etymology
From Old Armenian ոչինչ (očʿinčʿ). The additional senses are a semantic loan from Russian ничего́ (ničevó).
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [vɔˈt͡ʃʰint͡ʃʰ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [vɔˈt͡ʃʰint͡ʃʰ]
- Hyphenation: ո‧չինչ
Pronoun
ոչինչ • (očʿinčʿ)
- nothing
- նա ոչինչ չգիտի ― na očʿinčʿ čʿgiti ― he knows nothing
- (colloquial) so-so, not bad, pretty
- — Ո՞նց ես։ — Ոչինչ, լավ եմ։
- — O?ncʿ es. — Očʿinčʿ, lav em.
- How're you? Not bad.
- (colloquial) never mind!; that's all right!; no problem!
Declension
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular (singulare tantum) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ոչինչ (očʿinčʿ) | |||
| dative | ոչնչի (očʿnčʿi) | |||
| ablative | ոչնչից (očʿnčʿicʿ) | |||
| instrumental | ոչնչով (očʿnčʿov) | |||
| locative | ոչնչում (očʿnčʿum) | |||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | ոչինչը/ոչինչն (očʿinčʿə/očʿinčʿn) | |||
| dative | ոչնչին (očʿnčʿin) | |||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | ոչինչս (očʿinčʿs) | |||
| dative | ոչնչիս (očʿnčʿis) | |||
| ablative | ոչնչիցս (očʿnčʿicʿs) | |||
| instrumental | ոչնչովս (očʿnčʿovs) | |||
| locative | ոչնչումս (očʿnčʿums) | |||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | ոչինչդ (očʿinčʿd) | |||
| dative | ոչնչիդ (očʿnčʿid) | |||
| ablative | ոչնչիցդ (očʿnčʿicʿd) | |||
| instrumental | ոչնչովդ (očʿnčʿovd) | |||
| locative | ոչնչումդ (očʿnčʿumd) | |||
Further reading
- Pisowicz, Andrzej (2019), “A short phrase book of the Stepanakert variant of the Karabagh dialect”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), Leuven: Peeters, page 251
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