յո
Old Armenian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- յով (yov) — before vowels
Etymology
[edit]Preposition յ- (y-) + accusative case of ո (o).
Adverb
[edit]յո՞ • (yo?)
- (interrogative) where?
- յո՞ երթաս ― yo? ertʻas ― where are you going?
- յով և ― yov ew ― wherever, wheresoever
References
[edit]- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յո”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յո”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ո”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press