Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian -ակ (-ak).

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-ակ (-ak)

  1. forming diminutives
    Synonyms: -իկ (-ik), -ուկ (-uk)
    գետակgetakrivulet
    տնակtnaklittle house
  2. forming names of things (tools) or people performing some action
    սուզակsuzakdiver
    սահնակsahnaksled, sleigh

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Iranian *-ak, from Proto-Iranian *-akah. The agent-noun-forming suffix is probably etymologically distinct and is borrowed from Middle Iranian *-āk; it is found in the following wholly borrowed terms: դերձակ (derjak), վարձակ (varjak), պատմուճակ (patmučak), նուիրակ (nuirak) and perhaps աւազակ (awazak).

Suffix edit

-ակ (-ak)

  1. forming diminutives from nominal stems
    աթոռatʿoṙchair
    աթոռակatʿoṙaksmall chair
    նաւnawship
    նաւակnawakboat
  2. forming agent nouns from verbal stems
    գտանեմgtanemto find, invent
    գտակgtakinventor
    լողամlołamto swim
    լողակlołakswimmer
  3. forming adjectives
    բոլորակbolorakcircular
  4. forming nouns from verbs
    էēis
    էակēakbeing
  5. forming nouns from adjectives, adverbs and pronouns
    քանիkʿanihow many?
    քանակkʿanakquantity

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: -ակ (-ak)

Further reading edit

  • Асатрян, Г. С. (2013), “Парфянское gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, page 103 of 102–105
  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʿerakanutʿiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎[2] (in Armenian), Vienna and 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