-ոց

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ոց (-ocʻ).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ոց (-ocʻ)

  1. forming nouns with the meaning of place
    պահոցpahocʻstorehouse, repository
  2. forming nouns denoting an instrument, tool, article
    սղոցsġocʻsaw
    կապոցkapocʻpackage
  3. forming nouns denoting a name of an action; -ing
    նվնվոցnvnvocʻwhining
    ֆշշոցfššocʻhissing

Declension

i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative -ոց (-ocʻ) -ոցներ (-ocʻner)
dative -ոցի (-ocʻi) -ոցների (-ocʻneri)
ablative -ոցից (-ocʻicʻ) -ոցներից (-ocʻnericʻ)
instrumental -ոցով (-ocʻov) -ոցներով (-ocʻnerov)
locative -ոցում (-ocʻum) -ոցներում (-ocʻnerum)
definite forms
nominative -ոցը/-ոցն (-ocʻə/-ocʻn) -ոցները/-ոցներն (-ocʻnerə/-ocʻnern)
dative -ոցին (-ocʻin) -ոցներին (-ocʻnerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative -ոցս (-ocʻs) -ոցներս (-ocʻners)
dative -ոցիս (-ocʻis) -ոցներիս (-ocʻneris)
ablative -ոցիցս (-ocʻicʻs) -ոցներիցս (-ocʻnericʻs)
instrumental -ոցովս (-ocʻovs) -ոցներովս (-ocʻnerovs)
locative -ոցումս (-ocʻums) -ոցներումս (-ocʻnerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative -ոցդ (-ocʻd) -ոցներդ (-ocʻnerd)
dative -ոցիդ (-ocʻid) -ոցներիդ (-ocʻnerid)
ablative -ոցիցդ (-ocʻicʻd) -ոցներիցդ (-ocʻnericʻd)
instrumental -ոցովդ (-ocʻovd) -ոցներովդ (-ocʻnerovd)
locative -ոցումդ (-ocʻumd) -ոցներումդ (-ocʻnerumd)

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *-sko-, *-skā- suffix, with a preceding -ո- (-o-) stem vowel. The place-showing sense developed in Armenian.

Suffix

-ոց (-ocʻ)

  1. Forming nouns with the meaning of place.
    դպրոցdprocʻschool
    ամրոցamrocʻfortress
  2. Forming nouns denoting an instrument, tool, article.
    գելոցgelocʻan instrument of torture
    սղոցsłocʻsaw
  3. Forming nouns denoting a name of an action. Often corresponds to English -ing.
    խայթոցxaytʻocʻbite; sting
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Armenian: -ոց (-ocʻ)

Further reading

  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎ (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 64
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ոց”, 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

Etymology 2

From the stem vowel -ա- (-a-) + (-cʻ, genitive/dative/ablative case marker).

Suffix

-ոց (-ocʻ)

  1. the plural genitive case ending of o-stem nouns
    հայոցhayocʻgenitive plural case of հայ (hay)
    բերանոցberanocʻgenitive plural case of բերան (beran)
  2. the plural dative case ending of o-stem nouns
    հայոցhayocʻdative plural case of հայ (hay)
    բերանոցberanocʻdative plural case of բերան (beran)
  3. the plural ablative case ending of o-stem nouns
    հայոցhayocʻablative plural case of հայ (hay)
    բերանոցberanocʻablative plural case of բերան (beran)