-անի
See also: Անի
Armenian edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [-ɑˈni]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [-ɑˈni]
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Armenian -անի (-ani).
Suffix edit
-անի • (-ani)
- Possessing a quality or thing.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Armenian -անի (-ani).
Suffix edit
-անի • (-ani)
- Forming collective nouns.
Derived terms edit
Old Armenian edit
Etymology 1 edit
From the suffix or stem element -ան (-an) + -ի (-i).
Suffix edit
-անի • (-ani)
Declension edit
o-a-type
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | -անի (-ani) | -անիք (-anikʻ) | |
genitive | -անւոյ (-anwoy) | -անեաց (-aneacʻ) | |
dative | -անւոյ (-anwoy) | -անեաց (-aneacʻ) | |
accusative | -անի (-ani) | -անիս (-anis) | |
ablative | -անւոյ (-anwoy) | -անեաց (-aneacʻ) | |
instrumental | -անեաւ (-aneaw) | -անեաւք = -անեօք (-aneawkʻ = -aneōkʻ) | |
locative | -անի (-ani) | -անիս (-anis) |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
From the Iranian pluralization suffix *-ān (compare -ան (-an)) and a suffix -ի (-i). The origin of the latter is not completely clear.
Suffix edit
-անի • (-ani)
- Forming collective nouns.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian][1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 84
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-անի”, 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