See also: եղ

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian -եղ (-eł).

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-եղ (-eġ)

  1. forming adjectives

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Probably from the root of հեղում (hełum), with the loss of h-. Compare -ատ (-at) and -ոտ (-ot).

Suffix edit

-եղ (-eł)

  1. Forming adjectives.
    ոյժoyžstrength
    ուժեղužełstrong
    ահahterror
    ահեղahełterrible

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: -եղ (-eġ)

References edit

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-եղ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48