եւ

Kiek ok bi: -եւ

Armenian

Alternative forms

• և (ew)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛv], (word-initially) IPA^(key): [jɛv]

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Etymology 1

From ե + ւ. The typographical variant և (ew) is a ligature of these two symbols.

Letter

եւ

Kleenbookstaav (Grootbookstaav ԵՒ, title-case Եւ)

1. The 37th letter of Armenian alphabet according to the spelling reform of the Armenian language of 1922-1924. Represents IPA^(key): [ɛv] (but IPA^(key): [jɛv] word-initially). Transliterated as ew.

Usage notes

• This ligature was declared an independent letter as a result of the spelling reform of the Armenian language during the Soviet era (1922–1924). The reform was not accepted by the Armenian diaspora outside the USSR which continues to treat և/եւ as a simple ligature of ե (e) + ւ (w) and not as an independent letter, in line with Traditional Armenian orthography.
• When used in sentence case, the capital form of the letter is Եվ. However, in all caps text it is ԵՎ.

See also

• (De Armeensche Schrift): Աա   Բբ   Գգ   Դդ   Եե   Զզ   Էէ   Ըը   Թթ   Ժժ   Իի   Լլ   Խխ   Ծծ   Կկ   Հհ   Ձձ   Ղղ   Ճճ   Մմ   Յյ   Նն   Շշ   Ոո   Չչ   Պպ   Ջջ   Ռռ   Սս   Վվ   Տտ   Րր   Ցց   Ււ   Փփ   Քք   Օօ   Ֆֆ
• (Bookstavenkombinatschonen): ու   և   ﬔ   ﬕ   ﬓ   ﬗ   ﬖ
• (Satzteken):  ՙ    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ․   ։   ֊
• (Symbolen): ֏

Etymology 2

From Ooldarmeensch եւ (ew); see it for more.

Alternative forms

• յեվ (yev) Vörlaag:hy-RAO

Conjunction

1. (somewhat, formal) and

Synonyms

• ու (u)

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Europääsch *h₁epi- (“on, at”). Cognates include Ancient Greek ἐπί (epi) and Sanskrit अपि (ápi).

Conjunction

1. 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

այլեւս (aylews) եւեթ (ewetʿ) եւս (ews) եւս (ews) եօթնեւտասն (eōtʿnewtasn) զեւս (zews) թերեւս (tʿerews)

թէեւ (tʿēew) թէպէտեւ (tʿēpētew) իբրեւ (ibrew) իննեւտասն (innewtasn) մեւս (mews) մինչեւ (minčʿew) մինչչեւ (minčʿčʿew)

միւս (miws) ութեւտասն (utʿewtasn) չեւ (čʿew) քանզեւս (kʿanzews)

Descendants

• Armenian: եւ (ew)

References

• Vörlaag:R:xcl:Bedr
• Vörlaag:R:xcl:NHB
• Vörlaag:R:xcl:HAB
• Vörlaag:R:xcl:Matasovic