յո

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• յով (yov) — before vowels

Etymology

Preposition յ- (y-) +‎ accusative case of ո (o).

Adverb

յո՞ • (yo^?)

1. (interrogative) where?

   յո՞ երթաս ― yo^? ertʻas ― where are you going?

   յով և ― yov ew ― wherever, wheresoever

References

• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “յո”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “յո”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ո”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press