քեզ

Armenian

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kʰez/, [kʰez]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /kez/, [kʰez]

Pronoun

քեզ • (kʻez)

1. you (objective form, singular, informal)

Old Armenian

Etymology

The stem *քե- (*kʻe-) is from Proto-Indo-European *twé. Compare Ancient Greek accusative σέ (sé), Sanskrit nominative त्वम् (tvám). The ending -եզ (-ez) is from the same Proto-Indo-European *-ǵʰi, *-ǵʰe particle as the -ձ (-j) in ինձ (inj), with the regular development of *ǵʰ → զ (z) between vowels.

Pronoun

քեզ • (kʻez)

1. dative singular of դու (du)

   ոչ ոք ասասցէ քեզ ― očʻ okʻ asascʻē kʻez ― nobody will tell you

   ինչ ոչ արարի քեզ ― inčʻ očʻ arari kʻez ― I have done nothing to you

   բան ինչ է ինձ առ քեզ ― ban inčʻ ē inj aṙ kʻez ― I have a word to say to you

2. accusative singular of դու (du)

   հաւատք քո կեցուցին զքեզ ― hawatkʻ kʻo kecʻucʻin zkʻez ― thy faith hath saved thee

   բազում դպրութիունք զքեզ ի մոլորութիւն դարձուցանեն ― bazum dprutʻiunkʻ zkʻez i molorutʻiwn darjucʻanen ― much learning doth make thee mad

3. locative singular of դու (du)

   սիրելի է ինձ տեսանել ի քեզ ― sireli ē inj tesanel i kʻez ― I am very happy to see in you

Descendants

• Armenian: քեզ (kʻez)

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎^[1], Zagreb, page 20
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 84