-ատ

See also: -ատ- and Appendix:Variations of "at"

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ատ (-at).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [-ɑt]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [-ɑd]

Suffix

-ատ • (-at)

1. -less, clipped, cut

   պոչատ ― počʻat ― tailless

   գլխատ ― glxat ― headless, with the head cut

2. Forming names of cutting tools

   ցաքատ ― cʻakʻat ― a kind of branch-cutter

Derived terms

Armenian terms suffixed with -ատ

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Probably of Proto-Indo-European origin and cognate with Sanskrit -अद्- (-ad-), Avestan -𐬆𐬜- (-əδ-), Ancient Greek -αδ- (-ad-). Compare Sanskrit दृषद् (dṛṣad, “rock”), Ancient Greek δειράς (deirás, “ridge of a chain of hills”), genitive δειράδος (deirádos).

Suffix

-ատ • (-at)

2. Found in արմատ (armat), հաստատ (hastat) and perhaps աղքատ (ałkʻat), անքատ (ankʻat), փինատ (pʻinat).

Etymology 2

Originally a combining form of հատ-ան-եմ (hat-an-em, “to cut”). Compare the pair փայտ-ա-հատ (pʻayt-a-hat) ~ փայտ-ատ (pʻayt-at, “woodcutter”). For the loss of հ- (h-) compare -ոտ (-ot), -եղ (-eł) and փողար (pʻołar).

Suffix

-ատ • (-at)

1. -less, clipped, cut
2. Forming names of cutting tools

   փայտատ ― pʻaytat ― hatchet

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ատ

Descendants

• Armenian: -ատ (-at)

References

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ատ”, 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