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ե-

ե-

See also: ե, Ե, and

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • է- (ē-) (before vowels, post-classical)

Prefix

ե- (e-)

  1. an augment, added to monosyllabic third-person singular aorist forms; called e-augment
    եբերeber ― third-person singular present active aorist of բերեմ (berem)
    ետեսetes ― third-person singular present active aorist of տեսանեմ (tesanem)
    եմուտemut ― third-person singular present active aorist of մտանեմ (mtanem)

References

  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2013), “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship, issue 10
  • Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian (pdf), Zagreb, page 23
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 112