-եակ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Iranian *-ya-ka-, the older form of *-īk.

Suffix

-եակ • (-eak)

1. Forming nouns and adjectives

Declension

i-a-type

	singular		plural
nominative	-եակ (-eak)		-եակք (-eakkʻ)
genitive	-եկի (-eki)		-եկաց (-ekacʻ)
dative	-եկի (-eki)		-եկաց (-ekacʻ)
accusative	-եակ (-eak)		-եակս (-eaks)
ablative	-եկէ (-ekē)		-եկաց (-ekacʻ)
instrumental	-եկաւ (-ekaw)		-եկաւք = -եկօք (-ekawkʻ = -ekōkʻ)
locative	-եկի (-eki)		-եակս (-eaks)

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -եակ

Descendants

• Armenian: -յակ (-yak)

Further reading

• 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) “-եակ”, 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