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Old Armenian
Etymology
From the stem vowel -ի (-i) and the element -այ (-ay), which is probably of the same origin as the genitive-dative ending of a-declension nouns. Later contaminated with Classical Syriac ܝܐ- (-āyāʾ, “masculine gentilic suffix”) in borrowings such as հրեայ (hreay), քաղդեայ (kʻałdeay) and the Iranian ending in borrowings such as աշտեայ (ašteay), դժնեայ (džneay).
Suffix
-եայ • (-eay)
- made or consisting of; -en
- մետաքս ― metakʻs ― silk
- մետաքսեայ ― metakʻseay ― silken
- եղէգն ― ełēgn ― cane, reed
- եղեգնեայ ― ełegneay ― made of cane
- երեք ամ ― erekʻ am ― three years
- երեքամեայ ― erekʻameay ― consisting of three years
- belonging to some group
- պաշտօն ― paštōn ― office, position, employment
- պաշտօնեայ ― paštōneay ― clerk, official, minister
- փախուստ ― pʻaxust ― flight, escape
- փախստեայ ― pʻaxsteay ― fugitive
- քրիստոնեայ ― kʻristoneay ― Christian
- հրեայ ― hreay ― Jew
Declension
i-type
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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-եայ (-eay)
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-եայք (-eaykʻ)
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| genitive
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-էի (-ēi)
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-էից (-ēicʻ)
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| dative
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-էի (-ēi)
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-էից (-ēicʻ)
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| accusative
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-եայ (-eay)
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-եայս (-eays)
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| ablative
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-էէ (-ēē)
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-էից (-ēicʻ)
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| instrumental
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-էիւ (-ēiw)
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-էիւք (-ēiwkʻ)
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| locative
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-էի (-ēi)
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-եայս (-eays)
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Derived terms
Descendants
References
- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 68
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-եայ”, 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