քէն

From Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂. Borrowing from the Iranian cognate is also possible.

քէն • (kʻēn)

1. rancour, inveterate hate, spite, ill will, resentment; revenge

   քէն պահել, ի քէնս մտանել ― kʻēn pahel, i kʻēns mtanel ― to bear or owe a grudge, to bear malice or ill-will, to bear hard

   քէն ի մտի ունել ― kʻēn i mti unel ― to keep alive resentment for an injury

   քէն ունել ընդ ումեք ― kʻēn unel ənd umekʻ ― to have a grudge or spite against

   քէն ի վրիժուց ― kʻēn i vrižucʻ ― out of or from hatred

   հանել զվրէժ քինու, խնդրել զքէն վրիժուց ― hanel zvrēž kʻinu, xndrel zkʻēn vrižucʻ ― to by revenged, to revenge oneself

• Armenian: քեն (kʻen)

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “քէն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “քէն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (2017) “Part 9: Armenian”, in Kapović, Mate, editor, The Indo-European Languages (Routledge Language Family Series), 2nd edition, London, New York: Routledge, →ISBN, page 425
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “քէն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

քէն • (kʻēn)

1. ablative singular of դու (du)

   ի քէն ― i kʻēn ― from, by or of thee; thyself

   նա խօսեսցի առ ի քէն ― na xōsescʻi aṙ i kʻēn ― he shall be thy spokesman

   ոչինչ հեռի ի քէն ― očʻinčʻ heṙi i kʻēn ― not very far from you

   զքէն ― zkʻēn ― upon thee; of thee

   զինչ ասիցեն զքէն ― zinčʻ asicʻen zkʻēn ― what will they say of you?

   զորոց իրածգած եղեն զքէն ― zorocʻ iracgac ełen zkʻēn ― those things they have heard about you