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Old Armenian
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-enos and partly perhaps from the *-iHnos suffix, variants of *-nós.
Suffix
-ին • (-in)
- forming adjectives with the meaning of location
- ստորին ― storin ― lower
- առաջին ― aṙaǰin ― first
- արտաքին ― artakʻin ― external
- forming adjectives
- լռին ― lṙin ― taciturn, silent
- ջերին ― ǰerin ― warm
- դիւրին ― diwrin ― easy
- խրթին ― xrtʻin ― obscure, dark
- խորին ― xorin ― deep
- մթին ― mtʻin ― dark
- forming adverbs
- ինքնին ― inkʻnin ― by himself/herself/itself
Derived terms
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ին”, 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 = J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “-ին²”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 807a