-իչ
Armenian
Suffix
-իչ (-ič)
- 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.
- Added to nouns to form nouns denoting occupations. It is often equivalent to the English suffix -er.
External links
- Search “-իչ” in the Eastern Armenian National Corpus.
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)
- forming action nouns
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -իչ (-ičʿ) | -իչք (-ičʿkʿ) | |
| genitive | -չի (-čʿi) | -չաց (-čʿacʿ) | |
| dative | -չի (-čʿi) | -չաց (-čʿacʿ) | |
| accusative | -իչ (-ičʿ) | -իչս (-ičʿs) | |
| accusative definite | զ-իչ (z-ičʿ) | զ-իչս (z-ičʿs) | |
| ablative | ի -չէ (i -čʿē) | ի -չաց (i -čʿacʿ) | |
| instrumental | -չաւ (-čʿaw) | -չաւք = -չօք (-čʿawkʿ = -čʿōkʿ) | |
| locative | ի -չի (i -čʿi) | ի -իչս (i -ičʿs) |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: -իչ
References
- “-իչ, -ուչ” in Geworg J̌ahukyan (1998), Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə in the book Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer (Yerevan: Anania Shirakatsi)