-ուց
Armenian edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [-ut͡sʰ]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [-ut͡sʰ]
Suffix edit
-ուց • (-ucʻ)
- the singular ablative case ending of u-declension nouns
See also edit
- -ից (-icʻ)
Middle Armenian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Armenian -ուց (-ucʻ).
Suffix edit
-ուց • (-ucʻ)
- forming nouns
Derived terms edit
Old Armenian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the stem vowel -u- + Proto-Indo-European *-sko- suffix, later applied to other stems. See also -ուցք (-ucʻkʻ).
Suffix edit
-ուց • (-ucʻ)
- forming nouns
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Middle Armenian: -ուց (-ucʻ)
References edit
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ուց”, 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 -ու- (-u-) + -ց (-cʻ, “genitive/dative/ablative case marker”).
Suffix edit
-ուց • (-ucʻ)
- the plural genitive case ending of u-stem nouns
- the plural dative case ending of u-stem nouns
- the plural ablative case ending of u-stem nouns