-ու
See also: ու
Armenian edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /-u/ [-u] invalid IPA characters (//[])
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): /-u/ [-u] invalid IPA characters (//[])
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Armenian -ու (-u).
Suffix edit
-ու • (-u)
- forming adjectives
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Suffix edit
-ու • (-u)
- the future converb I ending of verbs
- սիրելու ― sirelu ― future converb I of սիրել (sirel)
Etymology 3 edit
From Old Armenian -ու (-u).
Suffix edit
-ու • (-u)
- the singular dative case ending of u-declension nouns
See also edit
- -ի (-i)
Old Armenian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Indo-European *-usyā, the feminine form of the participle suffix *-wes. See also -ուք (-ukʻ).
Suffix edit
-ու • (-u)
- Forming adjectives.
Declension edit
i-a-type
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Armenian: -ու (-u)
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 65
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ու”, 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
Contamination of Proto-Indo-European *-u stem vowel with the *-yo, *-yā suffix.
Suffix edit
-ու • (-u)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ու”, 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 3 edit
According to Godel, identical with the -ու- (-u-) stem vowel. The remaining stem, standing in contrast to the nominative/accusative singular (which lost its stem), was apt to function as a full-fledged case form.
Suffix edit
-ու • (-u)
- singular genitive/dative/instrumental/locative marker for u-declension words
Further reading edit
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 104