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Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian -ոց (-ocʻ).
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ոց • (-ocʻ)
- forming nouns with the meaning of place
- պահոց ― pahocʻ ― storehouse, repository
- forming nouns denoting an instrument, tool, article
- սղոց ― sġocʻ ― saw
- կապոց ― kapocʻ ― package
- forming nouns denoting a name of an action; -ing
- նվնվոց ― nvnvocʻ ― whining
- ֆշշոց ― fššocʻ ― hissing
Declension
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)
- Forming nouns with the meaning of place.
- դպրոց ― dprocʻ ― school
- ամրոց ― amrocʻ ― fortress
- Forming nouns denoting an instrument, tool, article.
- գելոց ― gelocʻ ― an instrument of torture
- սղոց ― słocʻ ― saw
- Forming nouns denoting a name of an action. Often corresponds to English -ing.
- խայթոց ― xaytʻocʻ ― bite; sting
Declension
i-a-type
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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-ոց (-ocʻ)
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-ոցք (-ocʻkʻ)
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| genitive
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-ոցի (-ocʻi)
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-ոցաց (-ocʻacʻ)
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| dative
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-ոցի (-ocʻi)
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-ոցաց (-ocʻacʻ)
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| accusative
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-ոց (-ocʻ)
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-ոցս (-ocʻs)
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| ablative
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-ոցէ (-ocʻē)
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-ոցաց (-ocʻacʻ)
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| instrumental
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-ոցաւ (-ocʻaw)
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-ոցաւք = -ոցօք (-ocʻawkʻ = -ocʻōkʻ)
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| locative
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-ոցի (-ocʻi)
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-ոցս (-ocʻs)
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Derived terms
Descendants
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-) + -ց (-cʻ, “genitive/dative/ablative case marker”).
Suffix
-ոց • (-ocʻ)
- the plural genitive case ending of o-stem nouns
- հայոց ― hayocʻ ― genitive plural case of հայ (hay)
- բերանոց ― beranocʻ ― genitive plural case of բերան (beran)
- the plural dative case ending of o-stem nouns
- հայոց ― hayocʻ ― dative plural case of հայ (hay)
- բերանոց ― beranocʻ ― dative plural case of բերան (beran)
- the plural ablative case ending of o-stem nouns
- հայոց ― hayocʻ ― ablative plural case of հայ (hay)
- բերանոց ― beranocʻ ― ablative plural case of բերան (beran)