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Old Armenian
Etymology
Probably of the same origin as the plural ending -ինք (-inkʻ) of several n-type nouns (գառն (gaṙn) : գառինք (gaṙinkʻ), բեռն (beṙn) : բեռինք (beṙinkʻ), քար (kʻar) : քարինք (kʻarinkʻ)) from Proto-Indo-European *-en-es. See also -ունք (-unkʻ).
Suffix
-ինք • (-inkʻ)
- forming nouns from verbs
- նախատեմ ― naxatem ― to blame, reproach
- նախատինք ― naxatinkʻ ― blame, reproach
- forming collective nouns
- քրիստոսինք ― kʻristosinkʻ ― Christians
Derived terms
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ինք”, 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