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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian -ատ (-at).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ատ • (-at)
- -less, clipped, cut
- պոչատ ― počʻat ― tailless
- գլխատ ― glxat ― headless, with the head cut
- Forming names of cutting tools
- ցաքատ ― cʻakʻat ― a kind of branch-cutter
Derived terms
Old Armenian
Etymology 1
Probably of Proto-Indo-European origin and cognate with Sanskrit -अद्- (-ad-), Avestan -𐬆𐬜- (-əδ-), Ancient Greek -αδ- (-ad-). Compare Sanskrit दृषद् (dṛṣad, “rock”), Ancient Greek δειράς (deirás, “ridge of a chain of hills”), genitive δειράδος (deirádos).
Suffix
-ատ • (-at)
- Found in արմատ (armat), հաստատ (hastat) and perhaps աղքատ (ałkʻat), անքատ (ankʻat), փինատ (pʻinat).
Etymology 2
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).
Suffix
-ատ • (-at)
- -less, clipped, cut
- Forming names of cutting tools
- փայտատ ― pʻaytat ― hatchet
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- 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