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Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian -իչ (-ičʻ), from Old Armenian -իչ (-ičʻ).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-իչ • (-ičʻ)
- forming agent nouns, -er
Derived terms
Middle Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian -իչ (-ičʻ).
Suffix
-իչ • (-ičʻ)
- forming agent nouns, -er
Derived terms
Descendants
Old Armenian
Etymology
From the stem vowel -ի- (-i-) + Proto-Indo-European *-kyā-, from *-k- + *-yā-. Compare Old Church Slavonic которичь (kotoričĭ, “quarrelsome”).
Suffix
-իչ • (-ičʻ)
- forming agent nouns, -er
Declension
i-a-type
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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-իչ (-ičʻ)
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-իչք (-ičʻkʻ)
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| genitive
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-չի (-čʻi)
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-չաց (-čʻacʻ)
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| dative
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-չի (-čʻi)
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-չաց (-čʻacʻ)
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| accusative
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-իչ (-ičʻ)
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-իչս (-ičʻs)
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| ablative
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-չէ (-čʻē)
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-չաց (-čʻacʻ)
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| instrumental
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-չաւ (-čʻaw)
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-չաւք = -չօք (-čʻawkʻ = -čʻōkʻ)
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| locative
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-չի (-čʻi)
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-իչս (-ičʻs)
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Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle Armenian: -իչ (-ičʻ)
Further reading
- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 66
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-իչ”, 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