Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian -ցի (-cʿi).

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-ցի (-cʿi)

  1. Denoting persons originating from a certain place.
    եվրոպացիevropacʿiEuropean
    ֆրանսիացիfransiacʿiFrenchman
    արտասահմանցիartasahmancʿiforeigner

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *-skiyo-, composed of the suffixes *-sko- and *-iyo-.

Suffix edit

-ցի (-cʿi)

  1. Forming adjectives.
    խելքxelkʿbrains
    խելացիxelacʿiintelligent
  2. Denoting persons originating from a certain place.
    ՔանանKʿananCanaan
    քանանացիkʿananacʿiCanaanite
    ՀռովմHṙovmRome
    հռովմայեցիhṙovmayecʿiRoman
    ՓարպիPʿarpiParpi (a village in Armenia)
    փարպեցիpʿarpecʿisomeone from Parpi
  3. Forming adverbs.
    մուրցmurcʿfist
    մուրցացիmurcʿacʿiwith the fists
    աքakʿleg
    աքացիakʿacʿiwith legs

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Category Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ցի not found

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: -ցի (-cʿi)

References edit

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ացի, -եցի, -ցի”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48