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ես

ես

See also: Appendix:Variations of "es"

Armenian

Alternative forms

  • յես (yes) (reformed orthography spelling in 1922–1940)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [jɛs]

Pronoun

ես (es)

  1. (personal) I
    Ես ունեմ մեծ տուն։Es unem mec tun.I have a big house.
Declension
See also

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian ես (es).

Alternative forms

  • յես (yes) (reformed orthography spelling in 1922–1940) (following a vowel)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛs]
  • IPA(key): [jɛs] (following a vowel)

Verb

ես (es)

  1. second-person singular present indicative of լինել (linel) "(you) are"
    Դու հայ ես։
    Du hay es.
    You are Armenian.
    Դու հայ չես։
    Du hay čʿes.
    You are not Armenian.
    Դու գիրքը կարդալու ես։
    Du girkʿə kardalu es.
    You will read the book.

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

ես (es)

  1. (personal) I
    ես ինքնes inkʿn ― myself
    ահաւասիկ եսahawasik es ― here I am, here am I
    ես եմes em ― it is I
Declension
Descendants
  • Armenian: ես (es)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁éssi, from *h₁és-.

Verb

ես (es)

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of եմ (em)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ես”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ես”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), ես”, 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 255