մեք

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wéy. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *my and Lithuanian mẽs.

Pronoun

մեք (mekʿ)

  1. (personal) we
    մեք ինքնին, մեք մեզէնmekʿ inkʿnin, mekʿ mezēnourselves
    զի՛նչ մեք ողորմելիքսzínčʿ mekʿ ołormelikʿswhat poor creatures we are!

Usage notes

The word has the following combining forms: մեր- (mer-), մեօք- (meōkʿ-) (rare).

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: մենք (menkʿ)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մեք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մեք”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մեք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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