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Originally a combining form of հատ-ան-եմ(hat-an-em, “to cut”). Compare the pair փայտ-ա-հատ(pʻayt-a-hat) ~ փայտ-ատ(pʻayt-at, “woodcutter”). For the loss of հ-(h-) compare -ոտ(-ot), -եղ(-eł) and փողար(pʻołar).
J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ատ”, 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