մը
Armenian
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /mə/, [mə]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /mə/, [mə]
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old Armenian մի (mi).
Alternative forms
- մ՚- (m’-) — before a vowel
Article
մը • (mə) (Western Armenian)
- a, an (an indefinite article)
- 1924 – 2007, Zahrad:
- ոսպ մը, բառ մը, կանանչ մը, սեւ մը
- osp mə, baṙ mə, kanančʻ mə, sew mə
- a lentil, a word, a green one, a black one
- ոսպ մը, բառ մը, կանանչ մը, սեւ մը
References
- Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944) “մը”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 317b
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish می (mı)
Particle
մը • (mə) (dialectal, Western Armenian)
- Used to form interrogatives in colloquial speech.
- Ուրա՞խ ես մը։ ― Ura?x es mə. ― Are you happy?