Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian -անոց (-anocʻ).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-անոց (-anocʻ)

  1. forming nouns of places, -ery

Declension

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Derived terms

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From -ան (-an) +‎ -ոց (-ocʻ). The -ան (-an) has different origins: it is a part of the stem in ամարանոց (amaranocʻ), ձմերանոց (jmeranocʻ), կողմանոց (kołmanocʻ), possibly the pluralization suffix -ան (-an) in Iranian borrowings such as աշակերտանոց (ašakertanocʻ), աւազականոց (awazakanocʻ), երիտասարդանոց (eritasardanocʻ).

Suffix

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-անոց (-anocʻ)

  1. forming nouns of places or containers

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: -անոց (-anocʻ)

Further reading

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  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 64
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-անոց”, 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