-անի

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See also: Անի

Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian -անի (-ani).

Suffix

-անի (-ani)

  1. Possessing a quality or thing.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Old Armenian -անի (-ani).

Suffix

-անի (-ani)

  1. Forming collective nouns.
Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From the suffix or stem element -ան (-an) +‎ (-i).

Suffix

-անի (-ani)

  1. Possessing a quality or thing.
    գեղgełbeauty
    գեղանիgełanibeautiful
Declension
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Descendants
  • Middle Armenian: -անի (-ani)

Etymology 2

From the Iranian pluralization suffix *-ān (compare -ան (-an)) and a suffix (-i). The origin of the latter is not completely clear.

Suffix

-անի (-ani)

  1. Forming collective nouns.
    աւագawagnoble
    աւագանիawaganithe nobility collectively
    երէցerēcʻpriest
    երիցանիericʻanithe priests collectively
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Descendants

References

  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎ (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 84
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-անի”, 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