Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ինք ‎(inkʿ) (post-classical)

Pronoun

ինքն • ‎(inkʿn)

1. (reflexive) -self (used for the first, second, and third persons)

   այս ինքն‎ ― ays inkʿn ― namely, that is to say, to wit

   ես ինքն‎ ― es inkʿn ― myself

   դու ինքն‎ ― du inkʿn ― thyself

   նա ինքն‎ ― na inkʿn ― himself, herself

   ընդ ինքն բարբառել‎ ― ənd inkʿn barbaṙel ― to say to one's self, to talk with one's self

   ըստ ինքեան‎ ― əst inkʿean ― of one self

   ինքն ըստ ինքեան‎ ― inkʿn əst inkʿean ― by oneself/itself, of one's/its own accord

   յինքն գալ, գալ առ ինքն‎ ― yinkʿn gal, gal aṙ inkʿn ― to come to one's self

   յինքն ամփոփիլ մտաց‎ ― yinkʿn ampʿopʿil mtacʿ ― to concentrate one's ideas, to collect one's thoughts

   յինքն արկանել‎ ― yinkʿn arkanel ― to attract, to win, to allure, to draw on, to entice, to gain

   յինքն հանել‎ ― yinkʿn hanel ― to snatch away, to possess one's self of, to appropriate

   ինքեան զօրութեամբ‎ ― inkʿean zōrutʿeamb ― by one's own power or force

Declension

Usage notes

The word is often used in an intensifying role.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: ինքը ‎(inkʿə), ինքնըստինքեան ‎(inkʿnəstinkʿean)

See also

• իւր ‎(iwr)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ինքն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ինքն”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ինքն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 303
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 107