դե
Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- դէ (dē), դէհ (dēh) — traditional orthography
- դեհ (deh)
Etymology
[edit]According to Shanidze, from Georgian დე (de), from დეე (dee), from დაე (dae).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /de/, [de]
Interjection
[edit]- well (emphasizing imperatives, expressing encouragement, despair, surprise, contradiction)
- Դեհ, տղերք, շո՛ւտ։ ― Deh, tġerkʻ, šút. ― Come on guys, quickly.
- Դե, ի՞նչ անեմ։ ― De, i?nčʻ anem. ― Well, what can I do?
- Դե արի ու մի ասա։ ― De ari u mi asa. ― (Untranslatable folklore)
References
[edit]- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “դեհ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 271b
- Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “դէհ”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 508b
- Šaniʒe, Aḳaḳi (1980) Kartuli enis gramaṭiḳis sapuʒvlebi [Basics of Georgian Grammar] (Txzulebani tormeṭ ṭomad; 3) (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, § 654, page 613
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001), “դե”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 321b