ի-
Old Armenian
Etymology
From earlier հի- (hi-), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷís.
Noun
ի- • (i-)
Pronoun
ի- • (i-)
- what? (interrogative indefinite pronoun)
Declension
singular (uncountable) | |
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nominative | *ի՞ (*i?) |
genitive | է՞ր (ē?r) |
dative | ի՞մ (i?m) |
accusative | զի՞ (zi?) |
ablative | իմէ՞, զմէ՞ (imē?, zmē?) |
instrumental | ի՞ւ (i?w) |
locative | ի՞մ (i?m) |
Derived terms
See also
- իր (ir)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 298