դուք

See also: Դուք

Armenian

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /dukʰ/, [dukʰ]
  • (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /tuk/, [tʰukʰ]
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Pronoun

դուք • (dukʻ)

  1. (personal) you (plural)

Declension

Eastern Armenian
singular
nominative դուք (dukʻ)
genitive ձեր (jer)
dative ձեզ (jez)
accusative ձեզ (jez)
ablative ձեզնից/ձեզանից (jeznicʻ/jezanicʻ)
instrumental ձեզնով/ձեզանով (jeznov/jezanov)
locative ձեզնում/ձեզանում (jeznum/jezanum)
Western Armenian, traditional orthography
singular
nominative դուք (dukʻ)
genitive ձեր (jer)
dative ձեզի (jezi)
accusative ձեզ (jez)
ablative ձեզմէ (jezmē)
instrumental ձեզմով (jezmov)

See also

Eastern Armenian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person ես (es) մենք (menkʻ)
2nd person familiar դու (du) դուք (dukʻ)
polite Դուք (Dukʻ)
3rd person նա (na) նրանք (nrankʻ)
Western Armenian personal pronouns (Traditional orthography)
singular plural
1st person ես (es) մենք (menkʻ)
2nd person familiar դուն (dun) դուք (dukʻ)
polite Դուք (Dukʻ)
3rd person ան (an) անոնք (anonkʻ)

Old Armenian

Etymology

From դու (du) +‎ (-kʻ, pluralization suffix). Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs, with դ- (d-) instead of ջ- (ǰ-) analogically after դու (du).

Pronoun

դուք • (dukʻ)

  1. (personal) you (plural)
    դուք որ բուն անարգ էքdukʻ or bun anarg ēkʻyou who are by nature vile

Declension

pronominal
singular plural
nominative դու (du) դուք (dukʻ)
genitive քո (kʻo) ձեր (jer)
dative քեզ (kʻez) ձեզ (jez)
accusative քեզ (kʻez) ձեզ (jez)
ablative քէն, քեզէն1, քեզոյն1 (kʻēn, kʻezēn1, kʻezoyn1) ձէնջ, ձեզէն1, ձեզոյն1 (jēnǰ, jezēn1, jezoyn1)
instrumental քեւ (kʻew) ձեւք, ձեօք = ձեաւք (jewkʻ, jeōkʻ = jeawkʻ)
locative քեզ (kʻez) ձեզ (jez)

1 these secondary ablative form may be used in an intensifying role

Descendants

  • Armenian: դուք (dukʻ)

See also

Old Armenian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person ես (es) մեք (mekʻ)
2nd person դու (du) դուք (dukʻ)
3rd person նա (na) նոքա (nokʻa)

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 110