-աւոր

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Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -աւոր (-awor).

Suffix

-աւոր (-awor)

  1. forming adjectives

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the stem vowel *-ā/ə- + Proto-Indo-European *-bʰoreh₂, 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)

  1. forming adjectives, with the meaning “possessing, related to”
    ահahfear
    ահաւորahaworfrightful, terrible
    վտանգvtangdanger
    վտանգաւորvtangawordangerous
    զէնzēnweapon
    զինուորzinuorsoldier
    ձայնjaynvoice
    ձայնաւորjaynaworvowel

Declension

Derived 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