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Old Armenian
Etymology
From *տի- (*ti-), from Proto-Indo-European *déh₁. Cognate with Latin dē (“from, without”), as in dē-bilis (“without strength, incapable”). See also տիեզերք (tiezerkʻ).
Prefix
տ- • (t-)
- a negative prefix
- գեղ ― geł ― beauty
- տգեղ ― tgeł ― ugly
- հաճ ― hač ― satisfaction
- տհաճ ― thač ― displeased
- քնեմ ― kʻnem ― to sleep
- տքնեմ ― tkʻnem ― to be vigilant, watchful
Usage notes
Unproductive already in Old Armenian.
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References
- Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 392
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 700