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ամիս

ամիս

Armenian

Noun

ամիս (amis)

  1. month
    ամեն ամիսamen amis ― each month
    անցած ամիսancʿac amis ― last month
    հաջորդ ամիսhaǰord amis ― next month

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (moon; month). The initial ա- (a-) is an original Armenian development due to association with ամ (am, year). The deviant genitive-dative-locative ամսեան (amsean) has been explained as an adjective formation in Proto-Indo-European *-ih₃no- with the basic meaning “monthly”.

Noun

ամիս (amis)

  1. month
    ամիս յամսոյ, ամսոյ ամսոյamis yamsoy, amsoy amsoy ― every month
    առաջին օր ամսոյaṙaǰin ōr amsoy ― the first day of the month
    ի սկիզբն ամսեանi skizbn amsean ― the beginning of the month
    ի վերջ ամսոյi verǰ amsoy ― the end of the month
    ի մէջ կոյս ամսեանi mēǰ koys amsean ― towards the middle of the month

Declension

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Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ամիս”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ամիս”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ամիս”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “amis”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 47