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Old Armenian
Etymology
From -եղ (-eł) + -էն (-ēn). The latter is either from Iranian *-ēn or from -այն (-ayn), with a dialectal sound change.
Suffix
-եղէն • (-ełēn)
- made of, consisting of
- հող ― hoł ― earth, soil
- հողեղէն ― hołełēn ― earthen
- ոսկի ― oski ― gold
- ոսկեղէն ― oskełēn ― golden
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Further reading
- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-եղէն”, 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