-այք

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From -այ (-ay) +‎ (-kʻ). The element -այ (-ay) has different origins: in Iranian borrowings it preserves the stem-vowel -a, e.g. իշխանայք (išxanaykʻ), աշխարհայք (ašxarhaykʻ); in Classical Syriac borrowings it reflects the Classical Syriac ܐ- () (status emphaticus), e.g. խանութայք (xanutʻaykʻ), հռիտորայք (hṙitoraykʻ), պրակսաւաթայք (praksawatʻaykʻ). Probably influenced by the ending of կանայք (kanaykʻ).

Suffix

-այք (-aykʻ)

  1. forming collective nouns

Derived terms

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-այք”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48