եւ
Armenian
Alternative forms
- և (ew)
Pronunciation
Letter
եւ
- The 37th letter of Armenian alphabet according to Reformed Orthography. Represents [ɛv] (but [jɛv] word-initially and separately). Transliterated as ew.
Usage notes
- This letter was created in the result of the spelling reform of the Armenian language of 1922–1924. The Traditional Armenian orthography continues to treat եւ as a simple digraph of ե (e) + ւ (w) and not as a separate letter.
- When used in sentence case, the capital form of the letter is Եվ. However, in all caps text it is ԵՎ.
See also
Etymology 2
From Old Armenian եւ (ew).
Alternative forms
- յեվ (yev) – reformed orthography spelling in 1922–1940
Old Armenian
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“at, near”).
Conjunction
եւ • (ew)
- and; also, likewise
- եւ ..., եւ ... ― ew ..., ew ... ― both ... and ...
- եւ ոչ ― ew očʿ ― neither, no, nor
- ոչ մին եւ ոչ միւսն ― očʿ min ew očʿ miwsn ― neither; neither one nor the other
- եւ երիտասարդ եւ ծերք ― ew eritasard ew cerkʿ ― both young and old
- եւ այլն ― ew ayln ― et cetera, and so on
- եւ այն զի, եւ այս զի ― ew ayn zi, ew ays zi ― the more so
- եւ արդ ― ew ard ― now, then
- եւ եւս ― ew ews ― also, more, over, still, moreover, likewise
- եւ զի, եւ քանզի ― ew zi, ew kʿanzi ― since, because
- չեւ, չեւ եւս ― čʿew, čʿew ews ― not yet; not till now
- չեւ տեսեալ ― čʿew teseal ― before seeing
Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: եւ (ew)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “եւ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “եւ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 386
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian (pdf), Zagreb, page 10
- Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “եւ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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