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Middle Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian -աւոր (-awor).
Suffix
-աւոր • (-awor)
- forming adjectives
Derived terms
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the stem vowel *-ā/ə- + Proto-Indo-European *-bʰorā, an ablaut of *bʰer-, whence բերեմ (berem). Later the stem vowel was interpreted as the interfix -ա- (-a-) and the suffix was applied to other stems.
Suffix
-աւոր • (-awor)
- forming adjectives, with the meaning “possessing, related to”
- ահ ― ah ― fear
- ահաւոր ― ahawor ― frightful, terrible
- վտանգ ― vtang ― danger
- վտանգաւոր ― vtangawor ― dangerous
- զէն ― zēn ― weapon
- զինուոր ― zinuor ― soldier
- ձայն ― jayn ― voice
- ձայնաւոր ― jaynawor ― vowel
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Middle Armenian: -աւոր (-awor)
Further reading
- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 64
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 74
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-աւոր”, 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