ամէն

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See also: amen, αμήν, and ἀμήν

Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *sm̥mo-, from *sem-, + suffix -էն (-ēn).[1][2]

Adjective

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ամէն (amēn)

  1. all, every
    • 5th century, Koriwn, Varkʻ Maštocʻi [The Life of Maštocʻ] chapter 26:
      [] զամէն մնացեալսն յանձն առնէր շնրհացն Աստուծոյ []
      [] zamēn mnacʻealsn yanjn aṙnēr šnrhacʻn Astucoy []

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Noun

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ամէն (amēn)

  1. everything, everyone

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: ամեն (amen), ամենա- (amena-)

References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ամէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 153–155
  2. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 36–37

Further reading

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  • Awgerean, Mkrtičʻ, Čēlalean, Grigor (1865) “ամէն”, in Aṙjeṙn baṙaran haykaznean lezui [Pocket Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 29a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ամէն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 69b
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “ամէն”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 43c
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ամէն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 16
  • Xačʻatryan, Lalik (2003) “ամէն”, in Grabari bacʻatrakan baṙaran (Jewabanoren tararžekʻ baṙer) [Explanatory Dictionary of Old Armenian (Morphologically Polysemantic Words)] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Zangak-97, →ISBN, page 22