Reflex: reflexive
Boolean feature of pronouns or determiners. It tells whether the word is reflexive, i.e. refers to the subject of its clause.
Reflexive object of a verb means that the object is the same entity as the subject:
- Արմենն իրեն մեքենա է գնել։/Armenn iren mekʼena ē gnel. “Armen bought himself a car.” vs.
- Արմենը նրան մեքենա է գնել։/Armenë nran mekʼena ē gnel. “Armen bought him [someone else] a car.”
Reflexive possessives indicate that the subject of the clause is the possessor:
- Արմենը վաճառել է իր մեքենան։/Armenë vač̣aṙel ē ir mekʼenan. “Armen sold his [own] car.”
- Արմենը վաճառել է նրա մեքենան։/Armenë vač̣aṙel ē nra mekʼenan. “Armen sold his [someone else’s] car.”
Yes: it is reflexive
Note that there is no No value. If the word is not reflexive, the Reflex feature will just not be mentioned in the FEAT column, which means that empty value has the No meaning.
Examples
- reflexive personal pronouns: իր, իրեն/ir, iren “himself/herself/itself”, իրենց/irencʼ “themselves” (occur in various cases but not in nominative and distinguish Number)
- reflexive possessive determiners: իր/ir “his/her/its own”, իրենց/irencʼ “their own”
Reflex in other languages: [axm] [bej] [bg] [cs] [en] [es] [ess] [fr] [ga] [hy] [it] [koi] [kpv] [ky] [mdf] [myv] [pal] [ps] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sms] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urj] [xcl] [xmf]