-ն

See also: ն, Ն, and -ն-

Armenian

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ն • (-n)

  1. Alternative form of -ը (-ə)
    ծառան ― caṙan ― the servant

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From *նո- (*no-).

Suffix

-ն • (-n)

  1. that
    տունն ― tunn ― that house
  2. placed at the end of words it serves as a definite article
    այրն, կինն, մանկունքն ― ayrn, kinn, mankunkʿn ― the man, the woman, the boys
    մինն ի նոցանէ մեռաւ, եւ միւսն կենդանի է ― minn i nocʿanē meṙaw, ew miwsn kendani ē ― one of them is dead, the other is alive
    մեծն Աղեքսանդր ― mecn Ałekʿsandr ― Alexander the great
    միանգամ յամին ― miangam yamin ― once a year
    երկիցս յաւուրն ― erkicʿs yawurn ― twice a day
  3. sometimes serves for ornament
    երկիւղն յորմէ խիթային ― erkiwłn yormē xitʿayin ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    մինչ ոչն մեղանչէին ― minčʿ očʿn mełančʿēin ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    որպէս բարւոքն վկայեաց ― orpēs barwokʿn vkayeacʿ ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    որպէս միանգամն եւ միւսանգամն ― orpēs miangamn ew miwsangamn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. sometimes joined to the first and second persons for the sake of euphony
    ուր եսն եմ՝ անդ եւ պաշտօնեայն իմ եղիցի ― ur esn em, and ew paštōneayn im ełicʿi ― where I am, there will my servants be
    զոր պաշտեմն, զոր ատեամն ― zor paštemn, zor ateamn ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    որում դուն վկայեցար ― orum dun vkayecʿar ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    զոր խորտակեցերն ― zor xortakecʿern ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Usage notes

See notes in -դ (-d).

Descendants
  • Armenian: -ն (-n), -ը (-ə)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Gočanean, Pōłos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʿerakanutʿiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Vienna, Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, pages 24–25
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *-nti, the third-person plural primary personal ending.

Suffix

-ն • (-n)

  1. third-person plural present-tense ending of verbs
    որսան ― orsan ― they hunt
    գրեն ― gren ― they write
    հային ― hayin ― they look
    արգելուն ― argelun ― they hinder
Derived terms
See also

References

  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 391
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