ինքն

Armenian

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ինքն • (inkʻn)

  1. Alternative form of ինքը (inkʻə)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • ինք (inkʻ) (post-classical)

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. The element -ք(ե)- (-kʻ(e)-) could be from Proto-Indo-European *swé.

Pronoun

ինքն • (inkʻn)

  1. (reflexive) -self (used for the first, second, and third persons)
    այս ինքն ― ays inkʻn ― namely, that is to say, to wit
    ես ինքն ― es inkʻn ― myself
    դու ինքն ― du inkʻn ― thyself
    նա ինքն ― na inkʻn ― himself, herself
    ընդ ինքն բարբառել ― ənd inkʻn barbaṙel ― to say to oneself, to talk with oneself
    ըստ ինքեան ― əst inkʻean ― of one self
    ինքն ըստ ինքեան ― inkʻn əst inkʻean ― by oneself/itself, of one's/its own accord
    յինքն գալ, գալ առ ինքն ― yinkʻn gal, gal aṙ inkʻn ― to come to oneself
    յինքն ամփոփիլ մտաց ― yinkʻn ampʻopʻil mtacʻ ― to concentrate one's ideas, to collect one's thoughts
    յինքն արկանել ― yinkʻn arkanel ― to attract, to win, to allure, to draw on, to entice, to gain
    յինքն հանել ― yinkʻn hanel ― to snatch away, to possess oneself of, to appropriate
    ինքեան զօրութեամբ ― inkʻean zōrutʻeamb ― by one's own power or force

Usage notes

The word is often used in an intensifying role.

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ինքը (inkʻə), ⇒ ինքնըստինքյան (inkʻnəstinkʻyan), ⇒ ինքզինք (inkʻzinkʻ)

See also

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ինքն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ինքն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ինքն”, 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 303
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 107
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