դու

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian դու (du).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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դու (du)

  1. (personal) you, thou
    դու իմ լավագույն ընկերն եսdu im lavaguyn ənkern esyou are my best friend

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *túh₂. For the stem քե- (kʻe-) in singular oblique cases see քեզ (kʻez). The stem ձե- (je-) in plural oblique cases remains unexplained.

Pronoun

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դու (du)

  1. (personal) thou, you (singular)
    կամ դու կամ եսkam du kam eseither you or I
    դու ինքնdu inkʻnthyself
    զի՞նչ գործ գործեցեր դու ընդ մեզzi?nčʻ gorc gorcecʻer du ənd mezwhy have you done this to us?
    մահկանացու ես դու եւ ոչ կենդանացուmahkanacʻu es du ew očʻ kendanacʻuthou shalt die and not live
    ո՞վ ես դուo?v es duwho are you?
    զոր դու գտերzor du gterwhat you have found
    չես դու սիրիչ մարդահաճութեանčʻes du siričʻ mardahačutʻeanyou do not like flattery
    դու տիրես զօրութեանց ծովուdu tires zōrutʻeancʻ covuthou rulest the proud waves

Declension

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: դու (du)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “դու”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “դու”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “դու”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press