A syllable is an articulate sound, as, ¿,

դար,

ar. Gu, nah. qwp, tar. wq, aghd. npil, worm. ¿wpq, part. qunu, karn. qp, temk. Lop, zor. pun, unt. f, tiv. u, zham. Lju, looyce. Sun, dzar. 4w, gahl. Supp, hire. &ufu, tzine. Xun, jar. Jupp, mire. ¿n, շուն, shoon. up, tchar. Qap, tshoor or chure, unpp, shoon.¿wp, soorp. np, der. pw, rahm. gau, tzoo. L, ցու, Հիւթ, ute or evt. fung, park.

A syllable may be also composed of six letters, as ukweg, siampk. Qarge, chiurpk. Two or three consonants are sometimes formed before or after a vowel.

Double consonants at the end of a syllable are pronounced short, as, upp, darr.pw quee, cahghack.

When the word ends with double, in

t

the pronunciation an is inserted, as, մատնն ( մատնըն ) madnun. ձեռնն (ձեռն ն)

tziernun.

So also when in the beginning of a word the same consonant is doubled, as, 224 (2244) shushoog. 44ng (4c4ny) gugotz.

When the liquids, 2, r, are at the end

of a syllable after another consonant, they have equally in the pronunciation the letter ը, as, մուկն ( մուկն ) moogun. աստղ ( աստղ ) asdugh, դուստր ( դուստըր ) toosder. But not when they precede the consonant, as, գունտ, coond. աղտ, aghd. կարգ, garck . Likewise when the consonants are different, as, թուղթ, tooght . սուրբք, soorpk . Հողմք, hoghmk .

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In the beginning of many words between two consonants the letter is understood in the oblique cases in stead of another vowel of the nominative case, as, ձուկն, tzoogun . ձկան (ձըկան) tzugan. միշտ, misha. մշտակայ ( մշտակայ ) mushdagah.

Words in the Armenian language consist of eight parts of speech; Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles, Prepositions, Adverbs, Conjunctions, Interjections.

A

NOUN

noun signifies some substance, or quality, as, Tiupq, man. phpp, earth. ¡nju, light. wpgwynıdır, kingdom. Snqþ, soul, spirit. шuðu, person. fundþLu, nature. Дung, mind, thought. puph, good. qbqbybų, handsome. pung, sweet. &, great.

In nouns six peculiarities are to be considered: Gender, Form, Species or Kind, Number, Case, Declension.

GENDER.

In the Armenian language the genders are distinguished by their natural significations, as

MASCULINE.

'դամ՝, Adam . ]Մովսէս, Moses . Պետ րոս, Peter. Դրիգոր, Gregory. վ արդան,

Vardan, etc.

up, father. Lup, brother. пlump, son, a male-child. Luuy, a husband, spouse. up, a father-in-law. pnp, uncle, a mother's brother. upwSup, gossip, Godfather. up, man, husband. Sunuy, a man-servant. թագաւոր օր արքայ, king . նախարար , sa– trap, a peer . gпo¡, a bull. Equ, an ox.pwq, a he-goat. fury, ram, a male sheep. qпLшpw4, bullock, a young ox. Eq2kpaɩ, a stag. шpw. qwq, cock, etc.

հեծելա

Tuntuu, tribunal. qop, soldiers. Sk&bqu l'ubuu, qnĹuq, cavalry, horse-troops, etc,

FEMININE.

ւայ, Eve . Սառա, Sarah . Մարիամ, Mary . ( ուշան օր ( ուշանիկ , Susanna . 11 wpqm, Rose, etc.

, grandmother. up, mother. pay, sister. Supuu, spouse, bride. 4, woman; wife. Lump, daughter. wqb4, girl, maid. qnpus, mother-in-law. un, son's wife, daughter-in-law. ubuпp, mother-in-law, husband's mother. Lupulup, gossip, Godmother. դշխոյ, տիկին, թագուՀի, queen, princess . օրիորդ, young girl. նաժիշտ, աղա fufu, servant-maid. 4n, cow. Epful, hei

fer, a young cow. Tuph, ewe, female sheep. upp, hen. bu, hind, etc.

COMMON

՝արդ, man. որդի, զաւակ, child. տղայ, infant. Sunwuq, an heir. Innu, grandson, or grand-daughter. Dan, bird. unfud, առիւծ, lion, or lioness. 4пpþɩ, a young beast. Swq, chick, chicken. Su, bird, fowl, ngluwp, sheep. wpQwn, cattle. wqwuf, pigeon, dove. Σp, horse. ¿nu, dog, bitch. ..., charmer. Jwpqwph, prophet, or prophetess, etc.

NEUTER

Lp, water. on, air. Snq, earth, dup_ Mu, body. Ephie, heaven. Lyu, light. Sun, tree. &ng, hand. ning, foot. Snap, soul, spirit. ung, mind. viníu, house. w Dan, chair. 4wup, life. u, death. Sw Համ: բերութիւն, patience . անիրաւութիւն, injustice, etc.

The genders are distinguished also in this manner: use Swpqwpt, prophet, a male prophet. 4 pqwp, prophetess, a female prophet. wyp lwpq, man, male. 4 մարդ-, woman . մատակ առիւծ, ioness, female lion, a she-lion. wpn wqwuf, male արու աղաւնի, pigeon. why inny, girl, a female child, etc. Some genders are indicated also by their terminations, as