-անք

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Armenian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Armenian -անք (-ankʻ).

Suffix

-անք (-ankʻ)

  1. forming nouns from verbs
    քծնելkʻcnelto fawn upon
    քծնանքkʻcnankʻservility, cringing
    վիրավորելviravorelto insult
    վիրավորանքviravorankʻan insult
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old Armenian -անք (-ankʻ), the plural of -ան (-an).

Suffix

-անք (-ankʻ)

  1. (dialectal) collective suffix
    տականքtakankʻdregs
  2. (dialectal) forming plural nouns from animate referents (compare -ենք (-enkʻ), -ոնք (-onkʻ), -ունք (-unkʻ))
    ՄեժլումանքMežlumankʻMezhlum's
Derived terms

References

  • Abeġyan, Manuk (1965) Hayocʻ lezvi tesutʻyun [Theory of the Armenian language]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, § 145, page 248

Old Armenian

Etymology

From the verbal suffix -ան- (-an-) +‎ (-kʻ). Compare աղքատ-ան-ամ (ałkʻat-an-am)աղքատանք (ałkʻatankʻ), գտ-ան-եմ (gt-an-em)գտանք (gtankʻ).

Suffix

-անք (-ankʻ)

  1. Forming nouns from verbs.
    աղաչեմałačʻemI supplicate, pray
    աղաչանքałačʻankʻsupplication, prayer
    կալումkalumI take, lay hold of
    կալանքkalankʻarrest

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: -անք (-ankʻ)

Further reading

  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎ (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 64
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-անք”, 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