-եղէն
Old Armenian
editEtymology
editFrom -եղ (-eł) + -էն (-ēn). The latter is either from Iranian *-ēn or from -այն (-ayn), with a dialectal sound change.
Suffix
edit-եղէն • (-ełēn)
- made of, consisting of
Declension
editi-a-type
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | -եղէն (-ełēn) | -եղէնք (-ełēnkʻ) | |
genitive | եղինի (ełini) | եղինաց (ełinacʻ) | |
dative | եղինի (ełini) | եղինաց (ełinacʻ) | |
accusative | -եղէն (-ełēn) | -եղէնս (-ełēns) | |
ablative | եղինէ (ełinē) | եղինաց (ełinacʻ) | |
instrumental | եղինաւ (ełinaw) | եղինաւք = եղինօք (ełinawkʻ = ełinōkʻ) | |
locative | եղինի (ełini) | -եղէնս (-ełēns) |
Synonyms
edit- -եայ (-eay)
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Armenian: -եղեն (-eġen)
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 65
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-եղէն”, 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