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Armenian
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ուց • (-ucʻ)
- the singular ablative case ending of u-declension nouns
- մարդուց ― marducʻ ― ablative singular case of մարդ (mard)
- ձիուց ― jiucʻ ― ablative singular case of ձի (ji)
See also
Middle Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian -ուց (-ucʻ).
Suffix
-ուց • (-ucʻ)
- forming nouns
Derived terms
Old Armenian
Etymology 1
From the stem vowel -u- + Proto-Indo-European *-sko- suffix, later applied to other stems. See also -ուցք (-ucʻkʻ).
Suffix
-ուց • (-ucʻ)
- forming nouns
Derived terms
Descendants
- Middle Armenian: -ուց (-ucʻ)
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ուց”, 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 -ու- (-u-) + -ց (-cʻ, “genitive/dative/ablative case marker”).
Suffix
-ուց • (-ucʻ)
- the plural genitive case ending of u-stem nouns
- ծովուց ― covucʻ ― genitive plural case of ծով (cov)
- արջուց ― arǰucʻ ― genitive plural case of արջ (arǰ)
- the plural dative case ending of u-stem nouns
- ծովուց ― covucʻ ― dative plural case of ծով (cov)
- արջուց ― arǰucʻ ― dative plural case of արջ (arǰ)
- the plural ablative case ending of u-stem nouns
- ծովուց ― covucʻ ― ablative plural case of ծով (cov)
- արջուց ― arǰucʻ ― ablative plural case of արջ (arǰ)