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Old Armenian
Etymology
Probably from the suffixes -ոտ (-ot) + -ի (-i). The collective suffix may have a different origin.
Suffix
-ոտի • (-oti)
- forming adjectives, generally with some negative connotation
- զազրոտի ― zazroti ― dirty, ugly, impure
- օտարոտի ― ōtaroti ― strange
- forming collectives
- փորոտի ― pʻoroti ― entrails, intestines
- ոսկերոտի ― oskeroti ― bones
Declension
Derived terms
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ոտի”, 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
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 523–524