մը

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Old Armenian մի (mi).

    Alternative forms

    • մ՚- (m’-) (before a vowel)

    Article

    մը • (mə) (Western Armenian)

    1. a, an (an indefinite article)
      • 1924 – 2007, Zahrad:
        ոսպ մը, բառ մը, կանանչ մը, սեւ մը
        osp mə, baṙ mə, kanančʻ mə, sew mə
        a lentil, a word, a green one, a black one

    References

    • Malxaseancʻ, Stepʻan (1944), “մը”, in Hayerēn bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Armenian Explanatory Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: State Publishing House, page 317b

    Etymology 2

      Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish می (mı)

      Particle

      մը • (mə) (dialectal, Western Armenian)

      1. Used to form interrogatives in colloquial speech.
        Ուրա՞խ ես մը։ ― Ura?x es mə. ― Are you happy?
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