-աւոր
Middle Armenian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Armenian -աւոր (-awor).
Suffix edit
-աւոր • (-awor)
- forming adjectives
Derived terms edit
Old Armenian edit
Alternative forms edit
- -ւոր (-wor)
Etymology edit
From the stem vowel *-ā/ə- + Proto-Indo-European *-bʰorā, an ablaut of *bʰer-, whence բերեմ (berem). Later the stem vowel was interpreted as the interfix -ա- (-a-) and the suffix was applied to other stems.
Suffix edit
-աւոր • (-awor)
- forming adjectives, with the meaning “possessing, related to”
Declension edit
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -աւոր (-awor) | -աւորք (-aworkʻ) | |
| genitive | -աւորի (-awori) | -աւորաց (-aworacʻ) | |
| dative | -աւորի (-awori) | -աւորաց (-aworacʻ) | |
| accusative | -աւոր (-awor) | -աւորս (-awors) | |
| ablative | -աւորէ (-aworē) | -աւորաց (-aworacʻ) | |
| instrumental | -աւորաւ (-aworaw) | -աւորաւք = -աւորօք (-aworawkʻ = -aworōkʻ) | |
| locative | -աւորի (-awori) | -աւորս (-awors) |
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- բուրվառ (burvaṙ)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian][1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 64
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 74
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-աւոր”, 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