Բեթղեհեմ

Armenian

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /betʰχeˈhem/, [betʰχehém]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /petχeˈhem/, [pʰetʰχehém]
• Hyphenation: Բեթ‧ղե‧հեմ

Proper noun

Բեթղեհեմ • (Betʻġehem) (traditional orthography spelling Բեթղեհէմ)

1. Bethlehem (a city in Palestine)

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular (singulare tantum)
nominative	Բեթղեհեմ (Betʻġehem)
dative	Բեթղեհեմի (Betʻġehemi)
ablative	Բեթղեհեմից (Betʻġehemicʻ)
instrumental	Բեթղեհեմով (Betʻġehemov)
locative	Բեթղեհեմում (Betʻġehemum)
	definite forms
nominative	Բեթղեհեմը/Բեթղեհեմն (Betʻġehemə/Betʻġehemn)
dative	Բեթղեհեմին (Betʻġehemin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	Բեթղեհեմս (Betʻġehems)
dative	Բեթղեհեմիս (Betʻġehemis)
ablative	Բեթղեհեմիցս (Betʻġehemicʻs)
instrumental	Բեթղեհեմովս (Betʻġehemovs)
locative	Բեթղեհեմումս (Betʻġehemums)
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	Բեթղեհեմդ (Betʻġehemd)
dative	Բեթղեհեմիդ (Betʻġehemid)
ablative	Բեթղեհեմիցդ (Betʻġehemicʻd)
instrumental	Բեթղեհեմովդ (Betʻġehemovd)
locative	Բեթղեհեմումդ (Betʻġehemumd)

References

• Barseġyan, Hovhannes (2006) “Ašxarhagrakan anunneri hayeren taṙadarjutʻyan masin orošum [A Decision on Armenian Transcription of Geographic Names]”, in Terminabanakan ew uġġagrakan teġekatu [Terminological and Orthographic Reference Book]‎^[1] (in Armenian), 6th edition, Yerevan: 9-rd hrashalik, →ISBN, page 48