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Old Armenian
Etymology
From the Proto-Indo-European *-es plural ending + -ին (-in).
Suffix
-եքին • (-ekʻin)
- forming collective numerals
- երկոքին ― erkokʻin ― both
- հնգեքին ― hngekʻin ― all five
- տասնեքին ― tasnekʻin ― all ten
Declension
Derived terms
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-եքեան”, 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