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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian -ոջ (-oǰ).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ոջ • (-oǰ)
- singular dative case ending of oǰ-declension nouns
- ընկերոջ ― ənkeroǰ ― dative singular of ընկեր (ənker)
- քրոջ ― kʻroǰ ― dative singular of քույր (kʻuyr)
References
- Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 25–26
Old Armenian
Etymology
Composed of the stem vowel -ո- (-o-) and the Proto-Indo-European postposition *-dʰy(V) or *-gʰ followed by a front vowel. Compare Ancient Greek -θι (-thi) in οὐρανό-θι (ouranó-thi, “in heaven”).
Ačaṙean connects with -ջ (-ǰ) in գեղջ (gełǰ) and calls it an “augmentative genitive-dative marker”.
Suffix
-ոջ • (-oǰ)
- singular dative/locative, sometimes genitive case ending in some words
- միոջ ― mioǰ ― genitive/dative/locative singular of մի (mi)
- մայրւոջ ― mayrwoǰ ― dative/locative singular of մայրի (mayri)
- տեղւոջ ― tełwoǰ ― dative/ablative/locative singular of տեղի (tełi)
- այգւոջ ― aygwoǰ ― dative/locative singular of այգի (aygi)
- կնոջ ― knoǰ ― genitive/dative/locative singular of կին (kin)
Descendants
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian, Zagreb, page 19
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 104
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1944) “Haykakankʻ A [Armeniaca I]”, in HSSṘ GA Teġekagir hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri [Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences] (in Armenian), number 5, page 29 of 25–30
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 628a