է

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɛ]

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է lowercase (uppercase Է)

1. The 7th letter of Armenian alphabet, called է (ē). Transliterated as ē. Represents an open-mid front unrounded vowel: [ɛ]. In Old Armenian it must have been a diphthong-like vowel [e(j)]
2. The numeral 7 in Armenian numbering.

• (The Armenian script): 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
• (Letter combinations): ու   և   ﬔ   ﬕ   ﬓ   ﬗ   ﬖ
• (Punctuation):  ՙ    ՚   ՛   ՜   ՝   ՞   ՟   ․   ։   ֊
• (Symbols): ֏ ֎ ֍

• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, § 1.1.1

From Old Armenian է (ē).

• ա (a) – dialectal, colloquial
• ե (e) – reformed orthography spelling in 1922–1940
• յե (ye) – reformed orthography spelling in 1922–1940, following a vowel

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

է • (ē)

1. third-person singular present of եմ (em)

   Նա հայ է։ ― Na hay ē. ― He is an Armenian.

   Նա հայ չէ։ ― Na hay čʿē. ― He is not an Armenian.

   Նա գիրքը կարդալու է։ ― Na girkʿə kardalu ē. ― He will read the book.

From Proto-Armenian *ei, from *eti, from Proto-Indo-European *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.

է • (ē)

1. third-person singular present active indicative of եմ (em)

• Hrach Martirosyan (2013), Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyan himnaharcʿer (kiraknōrya dasəntʿacʿ), Neracutʿyun