իմ

See also: -իմ and Appendix:Variations of "im"

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian իմ (im).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

իմ • (im)

  1. (possessive) my

Declension

See also

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁me- (“me”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐμέ (emé, “me”). The o-stem possessive is from Proto-Indo-European *h₁mos and cognate with Ancient Greek ἐμός (emós).

Pronoun

իմ • (im)

  1. genitive singular of ես (es)
    իմ է այս ― im ē ays ― this is mine
    զմելին իմ ― zmelin im ― my penknife
    գրեանն իմ ― greann im ― my books
    ոչ է իմ մեղ ― očʻ ē im meł ― it is no fault of mine
    իմ եւ քո ― im ew kʻo ― mine and thine
    խաղաղութիւն մեծ յաջողէր ի յերկրի՝ եթէ ի բաց բառնայր անտի իմ եւ քո ― xałałutʻiwn mec yaǰołēr i yerkri, etʻē i bacʻ baṙnayr anti im ew kʻo ― peace would be general in the world if there were neither mine nor thine
  2. (possessive) mine
    մին ի բարեկամաց իմոց ― min i barekamacʻ imocʻ ― a friend of mine
Declension
Derived terms
  • իմածին (imacin)
  • իմոյական (imoyakan)
  • իմոյին (imoyin)
  • իմոյք (imoykʻ)
  • իմովսանն (imovsann)
Descendants
  • Armenian: իմ (im)

Etymology 2

Dative-locative of ի- (i-).

Pronoun

ի՞մ • (i?m)

  1. (interrogative) why?
    ի՞մ իմիք ― i?m imikʻ ― to what end? to what purpose?
Synonyms

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
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎, Zagreb, page 20
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 257
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