Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• իւրեան ‎(iwrean) (only for the reflexive pronoun, not the possessive one)

Pronoun

իւր • ‎(iwr)

1. (reflexive) self

   իւրն հետեւել‎ ― iwrn hetewel ― to follow him/her

   իւրեան գործակցոք‎ ― iwrean gorcakcʿokʿ ― with his coadjutors

   ունել զիւրեաւ‎ ― unel ziwreaw ― to put on, to wear

   զբազումս զիւրեաւ էած‎ ― zbazums ziwreaw ēac ― he attracted many people

   եկին առ իւրեանցն‎ ― ekin aṙ iwreancʿn ― they came to their people

   Էնն անեղ իւրեւ‎ ― Ēnn aneł iwrew ― God who exists by himself

   ըստ իւր ինքեան ասելոյն‎ ― əst iwr inkʿean aseloyn ― conformably to what he had himself said

   յիւր վերայ/ի վերայ իւր‎ ― yiwr veray/i veray iwr ― on him

Declension

Pronoun

իւր • ‎(iwr)

1. (possessive) his own, her own

   իւրով անձամբ‎ ― iwrov anjamb ― personally, in person

   իբրեւ իւրոյ հայէր մեծութեանն‎ ― ibrew iwroy hayēr mecutʿeann ― he considered riches as belonging to himself

   իւր առնել‎ ― iwr aṙnel ― to appropriate to himself; to usurp

   իւր վարկանել զիմն‎ ― iwr varkanel zimn ― to think it his own

   իւրքն‎ ― iwrkʿn ― his relations, friends, dependents, etc

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: յուր ‎(yur), իր ‎(ir)

See also

• ինքն ‎(inkʿn)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “իւր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “իւր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “իւր”, 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