-ւ

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word -ւ. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word -ւ, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say -ւ in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word -ւ you have here. The definition of the word -ւ will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of-ւ, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
See also: ւ, լ, Ւ, and Ի

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *-bʰi. The vowel is preserved in ի-ւի-ք (i-wi-kʻ). Cognate with Mycenaean Greek -𐀠 (-pi), Homeric Ancient Greek -φι (-phi), Sanskrit -भ्याम् (-bhy-ām, “dual ablative-instrumental marker”), भ्यस् (-bhy-as, “plural dative-ablative marker”), भिस् (-bhi-s, “plural instrumental marker”), the plural dative endings in Gaulish gobed-bi (“to the smiths”) and Old Irish feraib (“to the men”).

Alternative forms

Suffix

-ւ • (-w)

  2. instrumental case marker
Usage notes

-ւ (-w) applied to i- and i-a-stems, -վ (-v) to o-stems, -բ (-b) to ł-, r- and n-stems. The marker dropped regularly after ու (u) in u-stems, e.g. զարդ (zard) : instrumental զարդու (zardu).

Derived terms

References

  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 389
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 103
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2013) “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship‎, number 10, § 3.3, page 91
  • The template Template:R:xcl:Matasovic does not use the parameter(s): 
    page=18
    Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.    Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎, Zagreb

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *-to, the third-person singular past indicative middle ending, e.g. in *bʰére-to.

Suffix

-ւ • (-w)

  2. third-person singular aorist mediopassive indicative ending of verbs
    նստա-ւ ― nsta-w ― he sat
    հայեցա-ւ ― hayecʻa-w ― he looked
See also

References

  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 392
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia