Indicative
Past Perfective
| 1st sing. | գովեցի |
| 2nd sing. | գովեցեր |
| 3rd sing. | գովեաց |
| 1st plur. | գովեցաք |
| 2nd plur. | գովեցէք; գովեցիք |
| 3rd plur. | գովեցին |
Past Perfective
| 1st sing. | govets`i |
| 2nd sing. | govets`er |
| 3rd sing. | goveats` |
| 1st plur. | govets`ak` |
| 2nd plur. | govets`ek`; govets`ik` |
| 3rd plur. | govets`in |
Past Imperfective
| 1st sing. | գովէի; գովեի |
| 2nd sing. | գովէիր; գովեիր |
| 3rd sing. | գովէր |
| 1st plur. | գովէաք; գովեաք |
| 2nd plur. | գովէիք; գովեիք |
| 3rd plur. | գովէին; գովեին |
Past Imperfective
| 1st sing. | govei; govei |
| 2nd sing. | goveir; goveir |
| 3rd sing. | gover |
| 1st plur. | goveak`; goveak` |
| 2nd plur. | goveik`; goveik` |
| 3rd plur. | govein; govein |
Present
| 1st sing. | գովեմ |
| 2nd sing. | գովես |
| 3rd sing. | գովէ |
| 1st plur. | գովեմք |
| 2nd plur. | գովէք |
| 3rd plur. | գովեն |
Present
| 1st sing. | govem |
| 2nd sing. | goves |
| 3rd sing. | gove |
| 1st plur. | govemk` |
| 2nd plur. | govek` |
| 3rd plur. | goven |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | գովիցեմ |
| 2nd sing. | գովիցես |
| 3rd sing. | գովիցէ |
| 1st plur. | գովիցեմք |
| 2nd plur. | գովիցէք |
| 3rd plur. | գովիցեն |
Present
| 1st sing. | govits`em |
| 2nd sing. | govits`es |
| 3rd sing. | govits`e |
| 1st plur. | govits`emk` |
| 2nd plur. | govits`ek` |
| 3rd plur. | govits`en |
Past Perfective
| 1st sing. | գովեցից |
| 2nd sing. | գովեսցես |
| 3rd sing. | գովեսցէ |
| 1st plur. | գովեսցուք |
| 2nd plur. | գովեսջիք |
| 3rd plur. | գովեսցեն |
Past Perfective
| 1st sing. | govets`its` |
| 2nd sing. | govests`es |
| 3rd sing. | govests`e |
| 1st plur. | govests`owk` |
| 2nd plur. | govesjik` |
| 3rd plur. | govests`en |
Imperative
Affirmative
| 2nd sing. | գովեա՛ |
| 2nd plur. | գովեցէ՛ք |
Affirmative
| 2nd sing. | govea' |
| 2nd plur. | govets`e'k` |
Negative
| 2nd sing. | մի՛ գովեր |
| 2nd plur. | մի՛ գովէք |
Negative
| 2nd sing. | mi' gover |
| 2nd plur. | mi' govek` |
Optative
| 2nd sing. | գովեսջի՛ր |
| 2nd plur. | գովեսջի՛ք |
| 2nd sing. | govesji'r |
| 2nd plur. | govesji'k` |
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Iranian, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *gáwbati. In other Indo-Europeanist literature, the term has been derived from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰew-, though—according to Martirosyan—the Armenian word is better explained as an Iranian borrowing.
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