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Armenian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Armenian -և (-ew).
Suffix
-և • (-ew)
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Derived terms
Old Armenian
Etymology
Of the same origin as the ending of the instrumental -ւ (-w). Compare the pairs արդարև (ardarew) : արդարով (ardarov), հետև (hetew) : հետով (hetov).
Suffix
-և • (-ew)
- found in some adverbs and conjunctions
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: -և (-ew) (learned)
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-եւ”, 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