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մեք

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *méy, variant of *wéy. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *my and Lithuanian mẽs.

Pronoun

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մեք (mekʻ)

  1. (personal) we
    մեք ինքնին, մեք մեզէնmekʻ inkʻnin, mekʻ mezēnourselves
    զի՛նչ մեք ողորմելիքսzínčʻ mekʻ ołormelikʻswhat poor creatures we are!

Usage notes

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The word has the following combining forms: մեր- (mer-), մեօք- (meōkʻ-) (rare).

Declension

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pronominal
singular plural
nominative ես (es) մեք (mekʻ)
genitive իմ (im) մեր (mer)
dative ինձ (inj) մեզ (mez)
accusative իս (is) մեզ (mez)
ablative ինէն, ինձէն1 (inēn, injēn1) մէնջ, մեզէն1, մեզոյն1 (mēnǰ, mezēn1, mezoyn1)
instrumental ինեւ (inew) մեւք, մեօք = մեաւք (mewkʻ, meōkʻ = meawkʻ)
locative իս (is) մեզ (mez)

an instrumental ինեաւ (ineaw) is also attested; moreover, an ablative իսանէ (isanē) is attested post-classically
1 these secondary ablative form may be used in an intensifying role: ես ինձէն աչօք տեսիes injēn ačʻōkʻ tesiI saw with my own eyes

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: մենք (menkʻ)

References

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