How is the phrase “from Armenia” formed differently in Eastern and Western Armenian?

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The phrase "from Armenia" is formed using different ablative case endings in the two varieties of modern Armenian:

  • Eastern Armenian: The phrase is rendered as Hayastan-ic‘, utilizing the -ic‘ suffix to indicate the ablative case.1
  • Western Armenian: The phrase is rendered as Hayastan-ē-n, where the language retains the Old Armenian ablative ending -ē and appends -n, which functions as the definite article.1

These differences in case endings are among the significant grammatical divergences that distinguish Eastern and Western Armenian.12