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Old Armenian
Etymology
From the Proto-Indo-European *-ro- suffix, with a preceding -i- vowel. See also -ար (-ar).
Suffix
-իր • (-ir)
- forming adverbs and ordinal numerals
Derived terms
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-իր”, 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