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իմ

իմ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "im"

Armenian

Pronoun

իմ (im)

  1. (possessive) my

Declension

See also

  • (-s) (-s)

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 այսim ē ays ― this is mine
    զմելին իմzmelin im ― my penknife
    գրեանն իմgreann im ― my books
    ոչ է իմ մեղočʿ ē im meł ― it is no fault of mine
    իմ եւ քոim ew kʿo ― mine and thine
    խաղաղութիւն մեծ յաջողէր ի յերկրի՝ եթէ ի բաց բառնայր անտի իմ եւ քոxałałutʿiwn mec yaǰołēr i yerkri, etʿē i bacʿ baṙnayr anti im ew kʿo ― peace would be general in the world if there were neither mine nor thine
  2. (possessive) mine
    մին ի բարեկամաց իմոցmin i barekamacʿ imocʿ ― a friend of mine
Declension
Derived terms
  • իմածին (imacin)
  • իմոյական (imoyakan)
  • իմոյին (imoyin)
Descendants
  • Armenian: իմ (im)

Etymology 2

Dative-locative of ի- (i-).

Pronoun

ի՞մ (i?m)

  1. (interrogative) why?
    ի՞մ իմիքi?m imikʿ ― to what end? to what purpose?
Synonyms

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian (pdf), Zagreb, page 20
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 257