-իչ

      Armenian

      Suffix

      -իչ (-ič)

      1. Added to verbs to form agent nouns with the sense of "person or thing which does the verb". It is often equivalent to the English suffix -er.
      2. Added to nouns to form nouns denoting occupations. It is often equivalent to the English suffix -er.

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      Old Armenian

      Alternative forms

      Etymology

      From the stem vowel -ի- + Proto-Indo-European *-kiā-, from *-k- + *-iā-. Compare Old Church Slavonic которичь (quarrelsome).

      Suffix

      -իչ  (-ičʿ)

      1. forming action nouns

      Declension

      Derived terms

      Descendants

      References

      • -իչ, -ուչ” in Geworg J̌ahukyan (1998), Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə in the book Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer (Yerevan: Anania Shirakatsi)
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