-եակ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Iranian *-ya-ka-, the older form of *-īk.

Suffix

-եակ • (-eak)

1. Forming nouns and adjectives

Declension

i-a-type

	singular		plural
nominative	-եակ (-eak)		-եակք (-eakkʿ)
genitive	-եկի (-eki)		-եկաց (-ekacʿ)
dative	-եկի (-eki)		-եկաց (-ekacʿ)
accusative	-եակ (-eak)		-եակս (-eaks)
ablative	-եկէ (-ekē)		-եկաց (-ekacʿ)
instrumental	-եկաւ (-ekaw)		-եկաւք = -եկօք (-ekawkʿ = -ekōkʿ)
locative	-եկի (-eki)		-եակս (-eaks)

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -եակ

Descendants

• Armenian: -յակ (-yak)

Further reading

• Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʿerakanutʿiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎^[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 64
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-եակ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48