եմ

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian եմ (em).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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եմ (em)

  1. I am
    Ես հայ եմ։Es hay em.I am an Armenian.
    Ես հայ չեմ։Es hay čʻem.I am not an Armenian.
    Ես գիրքը կարդալու եմ։Es girkʻə kardalu em.I will read the book.

Conjugation

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Synonyms

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi. See also ես (es), է (ē), են (en).

Verb

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եմ (em)

  1. to be
    է զի, էր զի, է ուրեք, է երբէք զի...ē zi, ēr zi, ē urekʻ, ē erbēkʻ zi...sometimes; it happens, it turns out...
    Ես եմ Աստուած՝ որ Էն։Es em Astuac, or Ēn.I am that I am.
    Ես եմ՝ ես եմ նոյն որ ջնջեմ։Es em, es em noyn or ǰnǰem.I am, it is I, it is I who blot out and pardon.
    Առն միոջ էին երկու որդիք։Aṙn mioǰ ēin erku ordikʻ.A certain man had two sons. (literally, “There were two sons of one man.”)
    Էր ամաց երկոտասանից։Ēr amacʻ erkotasanicʻ.He was twelve years old.
    Յուտել եմ։Yutel em.I am eating.
    է զի, է երբեմն, է ուրէք, էր զիē zi, ē erbemn, ē urēkʻ, ēr zisometimes; now and then
    է որ, են որē or, en orsome, some one; one ... and the other; some ... others; some... some; sometimes
    ողջ ե՛րołǰ érlive, fare thee well
    Են նորա երկու որդիք։En nora erku ordikʻ.He has two sons. (literally, “There are two sons of him.”)
    իցեն այսոքիկ որպէս եւ ենicʻen aysokʻik orpēs ew enwhatever it may be

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: եմ (em)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “եմ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “եմ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “եմ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy