-ոց
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ng"
Armenian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Armenian -ոց (-ocʻ).
Pronunciation edit
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [-ot͡sʰ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [-ot͡sʰ]
Suffix edit
-ոց • (-ocʻ)
- forming nouns with the meaning of place
- պահոց ― pahocʻ ― storehouse, repository
- forming nouns denoting an instrument, tool, article
- forming nouns denoting a name of an action; -ing
Declension edit
i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ոց (-ocʻ) | -ոցներ (-ocʻner) | ||
| dative | -ոցի (-ocʻi) | -ոցների (-ocʻneri) | ||
| ablative | -ոցից (-ocʻicʻ) | -ոցներից (-ocʻnericʻ) | ||
| instrumental | -ոցով (-ocʻov) | -ոցներով (-ocʻnerov) | ||
| locative | -ոցում (-ocʻum) | -ոցներում (-ocʻnerum) | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | -ոցը/-ոցն (-ocʻə/-ocʻn) | -ոցները/-ոցներն (-ocʻnerə/-ocʻnern) | ||
| dative | -ոցին (-ocʻin) | -ոցներին (-ocʻnerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | -ոցս (-ocʻs) | -ոցներս (-ocʻners) | ||
| dative | -ոցիս (-ocʻis) | -ոցներիս (-ocʻneris) | ||
| ablative | -ոցիցս (-ocʻicʻs) | -ոցներիցս (-ocʻnericʻs) | ||
| instrumental | -ոցովս (-ocʻovs) | -ոցներովս (-ocʻnerovs) | ||
| locative | -ոցումս (-ocʻums) | -ոցներումս (-ocʻnerums) | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | -ոցդ (-ocʻd) | -ոցներդ (-ocʻnerd) | ||
| dative | -ոցիդ (-ocʻid) | -ոցներիդ (-ocʻnerid) | ||
| ablative | -ոցիցդ (-ocʻicʻd) | -ոցներիցդ (-ocʻnericʻd) | ||
| instrumental | -ոցովդ (-ocʻovd) | -ոցներովդ (-ocʻnerovd) | ||
| locative | -ոցումդ (-ocʻumd) | -ոցներումդ (-ocʻnerumd) | ||
Derived terms edit
Old Armenian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *-sko-, *-skā- suffix, with a preceding -ո- (-o-) stem vowel. The place-showing sense developed in Armenian.
Suffix edit
-ոց • (-ocʻ)
- Forming nouns with the meaning of place.
- Forming nouns denoting an instrument, tool, article.
- Forming nouns denoting a name of an action. Often corresponds to English -ing.
- խայթոց ― xaytʻocʻ ― bite; sting
Declension edit
i-a-type
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Armenian: -ոց (-ocʻ)
Further reading edit
- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian][1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 64
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ոց”, 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
Etymology 2 edit
From the stem vowel -ա- (-a-) + -ց (-cʻ, “genitive/dative/ablative case marker”).
Suffix edit
-ոց • (-ocʻ)
- the plural genitive case ending of o-stem nouns
- the plural dative case ending of o-stem nouns
- the plural ablative case ending of o-stem nouns