ոք

See also: -ոք

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ոք (okʻ).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /vokʰ/, [vokʰ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /vok/, [vokʰ]

Pronoun

ոք • (okʻ)

1. (indefinite) someone, somebody

Related terms

• ոչ ոք (očʻ okʻ)

Old Armenian

Etymology

Related to ո (o, “who”) and inherited from Proto-Indo-European. The -ք (-kʻ) may reflect some enclitic suffix; compare իք (ikʻ), which was used for inanimate objects.

Pronoun

ոք • (okʻ)

1. (indefinite) someone, somebody, anyone; some, one, certain

   այր ոք ― ayr okʻ ― a man

   կին ոք ― kin okʻ ― a woman

   ամենայն ոք ― amenayn okʻ ― everyone, everybody

   իւրաքանչիւր ոք ― iwrakʻančʻiwr okʻ ― each one, anyone

   որ ոք ― or okʻ ― who, whoever, he that

   ո՞ ոք, ո՞վ ոք ― o^? okʻ, o^?v okʻ ― who?

   եթէ կայցէ՞ ոք այնչափ յանդուգն ― etʻē kaycʻē^? okʻ aynčʻapʻ yandugn ― is there anyone bold enough?

   ոչ ոք, մի ոք ― očʻ okʻ, mi okʻ ― no one, nobody, none

   ոչ սիրեմ ոք յարանցդ յայդցանէ ― očʻ sirem okʻ yarancʻd yaydcʻanē ― I love none of these men

   երթիջիր առ այր ոք ― ertʻiǰir aṙ ayr okʻ ― address yourself to someone else

Declension

	singular (uncountable)
nominative	ոք (okʻ)
genitive	ուրուք (urukʻ)
dative	ումեք (umekʻ)
accusative	ոք (okʻ)
ablative	ումեքէ (umekʻē)
instrumental	-
locative	ումեք (umekʻ)
forms like ումեքիւ (umekʻiw) and ոքք (okʻkʻ) are attested post-classically the instrumental and plurals are filled by forms of ոմն (omn)

Synonyms

• ոմն (omn)

Descendants

• → Armenian: ոք (okʻ) (learned)

References

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ոք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ոք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ոք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian]‎^[1] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 108