-ակ
See also: ակ and Appendix:Variations of "ak"
ArmenianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Armenian -ակ (-ak).
PronunciationEdit
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ɑk]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ɑɡ]
SuffixEdit
-ակ • (-ak)
- forming diminutives
- forming names of things (tools) or people performing some action
- սուզակ ― suzak ― diver
- սահնակ ― sahnak ― sled, sleigh
Derived termsEdit
Old ArmenianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Iranian *-ak, *-āk. Compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (-k' /-ag/), Persian ـه (-e). The suffix in its agent-noun-forming function is found in the following wholly borrowed terms: դերձակ (derjak), վարձակ (varjak), պատմուճակ (patmučak), նուիրակ (nuirak) and perhaps աւազակ (awazak).
SuffixEdit
-ակ • (-ak)
- forming diminutives from nominal stems
- forming agent nouns from verbal stems
- forming adjectives
- բոլորակ ― bolorak ― circular
- forming nouns from verbs
- forming nouns from adjectives, adverbs and pronouns
DeclensionEdit
i-a-type
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Armenian: -ակ (-ak)
Further readingEdit
- Asatrjan, G. S. (2013) , “Parfjanskoje gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in Toxtasʹjev S. R., Lurʹje P. B., editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Sbornik statej k 90-letiju Vladimira Aronoviča Livšica[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istorija, →ISBN, page 103
- Gočanean, Pōłos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʿerakanutʿiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Vienna, Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 64
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) , “-ակ”, 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