ոչինչ
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Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- վոչինչ (vočʻinčʻ) — 1922–1940 reformed orthography
Etymology
[edit]From Old Armenian ոչինչ (očʻinčʻ). The additional senses are a semantic loan from Russian ничего́ (ničevó).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /voˈt͡ʃʰint͡ʃʰ/, [vot͡ʃʰínt͡ʃʰ]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /voˈt͡ʃint͡ʃ/, [vot͡ʃʰínt͡ʃʰ]
- Hyphenation: ո‧չինչ
Pronoun
[edit]ոչինչ • (očʻinčʻ)
- nothing
- նա ոչինչ չգիտի ― na očʻinčʻ čʻgiti ― he knows nothing
- (colloquial) so-so, not bad, pretty
- — Ո՞նց ես։ — Ոչինչ, լավ եմ։
- — O?ncʻ es. — Očʻinčʻ, lav em.
- How're you? Not bad.
- (colloquial) never mind!; that's all right!; no problem!
Declension
[edit] i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular (singulare tantum) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | ոչինչ (očʻinčʻ) | |||
| dative | ոչնչի (očʻnčʻi) | |||
| ablative | ոչնչից (očʻnčʻicʻ) | |||
| instrumental | ոչնչով (očʻnčʻov) | |||
| locative | ոչնչում (očʻnčʻum) | |||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | ոչինչը/ոչինչն (očʻinčʻə/očʻinčʻn) | |||
| dative | ոչնչին (očʻnčʻin) | |||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | ոչինչս (očʻinčʻs) | |||
| dative | ոչնչիս (očʻnčʻis) | |||
| ablative | ոչնչիցս (očʻnčʻicʻs) | |||
| instrumental | ոչնչովս (očʻnčʻovs) | |||
| locative | ոչնչումս (očʻnčʻums) | |||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | ոչինչդ (očʻinčʻd) | |||
| dative | ոչնչիդ (očʻnčʻid) | |||
| ablative | ոչնչիցդ (očʻnčʻicʻd) | |||
| instrumental | ոչնչովդ (očʻnčʻovd) | |||
| locative | ոչնչումդ (očʻnčʻumd) | |||
Further reading
[edit]- 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