հիմք

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian հիմն (himn).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [himkʰ]
  • (file)

Noun

հիմք (himkʿ)

  1. base; basis; foundation
  2. grounds, reason
  3. (construction) foundation, base
  4. (chemistry) base
  5. (geometry) base
  6. (linguistics) stem

Usage notes

In compounds the word “remembers” its Old Armenian form, e.g. in հիմն-ա-խնդիր (himn-a-xndir).

Declension

  • հիմնարար (himnarar)
  • հիմնել (himnel)
  • հիմունք (himunkʿ)
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