է


Character	է
Unicode name	ARMENIAN SMALL LETTER EH
Unicode block	Armenian
Codepoint	U+0567

Kiek ok bi: Է, -է, un է-

Armenian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɛ]
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Letter

է

Kleenbookstaav (Grootbookstaav Է)

The 7th letter of armeensch Alphabet. Transliterated as ē.
Represents:
close-mid front unrounded vowel IPA^(key): [e] in Old Armenian (originally a diphthong *ey (ey))

open-mid front unrounded vowel: IPA^(key): [ɛ] in Eastern Armenian

open-mid front unrounded vowel: IPA^(key): [ɛ] in Western Armenian
The numeral 7 in Armenian numbering.

Etymology 2

From Ooldarmeensch է (ē); see it for more.

Alternative forms

ա (a) (dialectal, colloquial)
ե (e) Vörlaag:hy-RAO
յե (ye) Vörlaag:hy-RAO (following a vowel)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ɛ]
IPA^(key): [jɛ] (following a vowel)

Verb

է (ē)

Vörlaag:conjugation of "(he/she/it) is"
Նա հայ է:
Na hay ē.

He is Armenian.

Նա հայ չէ:
Na hay čē.

He is not Armenian.

Նա գիրքը կարդալու է:
Na girk'ë kardalu ē.

He will read the book.

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Armeensch *ei, from *eti, from Proto-Indo-Europääsch *h₁ésti, the regular reflex of which would have been *եստ (*est). We are dealing here with the analogical influence of the corresponding ending of thematic verbs (compare բերէ (berē)) and the analogical extension of the secondary stem *e(h)- deriving from *h₁ésmi.