ով

See also: -ով

ով - Armenian

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA: [ɔv]
  • (Western Armenian, standard) IPA: [ɔv]

Pronoun

ով (ov)

  1. who

Usage notes

Although the relative pronoun որ can be used when referring to both people and things, in recent times it has become common to use ով (ov) in place of it when referring to people due to hypercorrection (e.g., "Լևոնը, ով իմ ընկերն է" instead of "Լևոնը, որ իմ ընկերն է", to express "Levon, who is my friend")․

Declension

singular
nominative ով (ov)
genitive ում (um)
dative ում (um)
accusative ում (um)
ablative ումից (umicʿ)
instrumental ումով (umov)
locative ()
  • ովքեր (ovkʿer)
  • ովևէ (ovewē)
  • ովևիցե (ovewicʿe)

Interjection

ով (ov)

  1. O (vocative particle, used for direct address)

ով - Old Armenian

Pronoun

ո՞վ (o?v)

  1. (interrogative) who?
    • ո՞վ ոքo?v okʿwho?
    • ո՞վ ի ձէնջo?v i jēnǰwho amongst you?
    • ո՞վ է դա, ո՞վ է այրդo?v ē da, o?v ē ayrdwho is this man? what man is that?
    • ոյր է պատկերսoyr ē patkerswhose likeness is this?
    • ո՞վ ես դուo?v es duwho are you?
    • զո՞վ առաւել սիրեսzo?v aṙawel sireswhich do you like best?
    • ո՞վ եւ ո՞վ իցեն որ երթայցենo?v ew o?v icʿen or ertʿaycʿenwho will go?
  2. who, that, he that, whoever

Declension

singular plural
nominative ով (ov) ոյք (oykʿ)
genitive ոյր (oyr) ո (o)
dative ում (um) ոյց (oycʿ)
accusative ով (ov) ոյս (oys)
ablative ումէ, ումմէ (umē, ummē) ոյց (oycʿ)
instrumental որով* (orov*) որովք* (orovkʿ*)
locative ում (um) ոյս (oys)
*this pronoun has no instrumental forms; they are filled by instrumentals of որ (or)

Interjection

ով (ov)

  1. O (vocative particle, used for direct address)
    • Ո՛վ Տէր ԱստուածÓv Tēr AstuacO Lord!

Derived terms

Descendants

Meaning and Definition of ով
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