իմ

From Old Armenian իմ (im).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /im/, [im]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /im/, [im]

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իմ • (im)

1. (possessive) my

• -ս (-s)

From earlier *eme, 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).

իմ • (im)

1. genitive singular of ես (es)

   իմ է այս ― im ē ays ― this is mine

   զմելին իմ ― zmelin im ― my penknife

   գրեանն իմ ― greann im ― my books

   ոչ է իմ մեղ ― očʻ ē im meł ― it is no fault of mine

   իմ եւ քո ― im ew kʻo ― mine and thine

   խաղաղութիւն մեծ յաջողէր ի յերկրի՝ եթէ ի բաց բառնայր անտի իմ եւ քո ― xałałutʻiwn mec yaǰołēr i yerkri, etʻē i bacʻ baṙnayr anti im ew kʻo ― peace would be general in the world if there were neither mine nor thine

2. (possessive) mine

   մին ի բարեկամաց իմոց ― min i barekamacʻ imocʻ ― a friend of mine

• Armenian: իմ (im)

Dative-locative of ի- (i-).

ի՞մ • (i^?m)

1. (interrogative) why?

   ի՞մ իմիք ― i^?m imikʻ ― to what end? to what purpose?

• հիմ (him)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎^[1], Zagreb, page 20
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 257