սա

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sa"

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian սա (sa).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

սա • (sa)

  1. this
    Synonym: էսի (ēsi)dialectal

Usage notes

այս (ays) and սա form a pronoun-determiner pair. See այս (ays) for more details.

Declension

Eastern Armenian
singular
nominative սա (sa)
genitive սրա (sra)
dative սրան (sran)
accusative սրան (sran)
ablative սրանից (sranicʻ)
instrumental սրանով (sranov)
locative սրանում (sranum)

See also

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *սո- (*so-).

Pronoun

սա • (sa)

  1. (demonstrative) this
    սոյն սաsoyn sathis one
    սա էsa ēthat is to say
    սա աւասիկsa awasikhowever, yet, still

Declension

pronominal
singular plural
nominative սա (sa) սոքա (sokʻa)
genitive սորա (sora) սոցա (socʻa)
dative սմա (sma) սոցա (socʻa)
accusative սա (sa) սոսա (sosa)
ablative սմանէ (smanē) սոցանէ (socʻanē)
instrumental սովաւ (sovaw) սոքօք = սոքաւք (sokʻōkʻ = sokʻawkʻ)
locative սմա (sma) սոսա (sosa)

these are also written as սայ (say), սորայ (soray), սոքայ (sokʻay), սոցայ (socʻay), սմայ (smay), etc., when used with a deictic suffix; a plural nominative սայք (saykʻ) and plural genitive/dative սայց (saycʻ) where invented by Hellenophile authors

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Armenian: սա (sa)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սա”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սա”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սա”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press