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Old Armenian
Etymology
Disputed. Proposals include Proto-Indo-European *-yéti and *-éh₁yeti. By surface analysis, -ի- (-i-, stem vowel) + -մ (-m).
Suffix
-իմ • (-im)
- first-person singular present active indicative ending of i-conjugation verbs
- հայիմ ― hayim ― I watch
- forming the mediopassive of e-conjugation verbs
- բերիմ ― berim ― I am carried
See also
References
- Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, pages 391–392