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Old Armenian
Etymology
Either from -ոյթ (-oytʻ) + -իւն (-iwn) or from Proto-Indo-European *-tyon with Latin -tio as a cognate.
Suffix
-ութիւն • (-utʻiwn)
- forming quality and abstract nouns from nouns, adjectives and verbs; -ity, -ness, -dom, -hood, -y
- մի ― mi ― one
- միութիւն ― miutʻiwn ― union
- փիլիսոփայ ― pʻilisopʻay ― philosopher
- փիլիսոփայութիւն ― pʻilisopʻayutʻiwn ― philosophy
- արքայ ― arkʻay ― king
- արքայութիւն ― arkʻayutʻiwn ― kingdom
- բարձր ― barjr ― high
- բարձրութիւն ― barjrutʻiwn ― height
- մկրտեմ ― mkrtem ― to baptize
- մկրտութիւն ― mkrtutʻiwn ― baptism
Usage notes
- The suffix was very productive.
- Often abbreviated as -ութի՟ (-utʻi.) = -ութիւն (-utʻiwn), -ութե՟ (-utʻe.) = -ութեան (-utʻean), -ութէ՟ (-utʻē.) = -ութենէ (-utʻenē).
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Descendants
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ութիւն”, 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
- Tumanjan, Eteri (1971) Древнеармянский язык [The Old Armenian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 19
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 56