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Old Armenian
Etymology 1
From -ուն (-un) + -ի (-i).
Suffix
-ունի • (-uni)
- forming adjectives
- ծերունի ― ceruni ― aged, old
- խնամունի ― xnamuni ― kindred
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Etymology 2
Probably of Urartian origin.
Suffix
-ունի • (-uni)
- denoting a member of a specified dynasty or family
- Արշակ ― Aršak ― Arsaces
- Արշակունի ― Aršakuni ― Arsacid
- Բագրատ ― Bagrat ― Bagrat
- Բագրատունի ― Bagratuni ― Bagratid
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References
- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 84
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 441–442
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ունի”, 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