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Old Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From գոյն (goyn, “colour; in this manner”).
Suffix
-գոյն • (-goyn)
- Forming the comparative degree of adjectives.
- լաւ ― law ― good
- լաւագոյն ― lawagoyn ― better
- մեծ ― mec ― big
- մեծագոյն ― mecagoyn ― bigger
- In certain cases, forming the superlative degree of adjectives.
Usage notes
In modern Armenian this suffix forms only superlative degrees. In Old Armenian the superlative sense was expressed with such adverbs as կարի (kari), յոյժ (yoyž), սաստիկ (sastik), անհնարին (anhnarin): for example յոյժ մեծ (yoyž mec, “the biggest”).
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References
- Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “գոյն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ագոյն”, 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