-դ

From Old Armenian -դ (-d).

-դ • (-d)

1. a possessive suffix marking 2nd person possession

   գիրքդ ― girkʿd ― your book

   գնալդ ― gnald ― your going

   ձեռքերովդ ― jeṙkʿerovd ― with your hands

   1. co-occurs with postpositions in pseudo-possessive meaning identifying the location in the 2nd person

      մոտդ ― motd ― with you/at you/near you

      վրադ ― vrad ― on you

2. a personal suffix used to refer to the 2nd person as an agent; found in idioms and certain constructions

   դու ինքդ ― du inkʿd ― you yourself

   Դուք՝ առաջավորներդ, պիտի օգնեք մեզ՝ ետ մնացողներիս։

   Dukʿ, aṙaǰavornerd, piti ōgnekʿ mez, et mnacʿołneris.

   You, the advanced ones, have to help us, the backward ones.

• -ս (-s)

• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 112–116

From *դո- (*do-).

-դ • (-d)

1. this, that (near the second person)

   կորուսեր զհոգիդ եւ զինչսդ ― koruser zhogid ew zinčʿsd ― you have lost your soul and your property

   արձակեա՛ զժողովուրդդ ― arjakeá zžołovurdd ― let this or the people go!

   որ խոսիդ ընդ քեզ ― or xosid ənd kʿez ― he who talks to you

2. (personal pronoun) thou, thee, you

   սուրբդ սրբոց ― surbd srbocʿ ― you who are the holy of holy ones

-ս (-s), -դ (-d) and -ն (-n) form a three-way deictic contrast. -s shows an object close to the speaker, -d close to the second person, -n close to the third person.

• Armenian: -դ (-d)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “դ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “դ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 107