-ին

Old Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-enos and partly perhaps from the *-iHnos suffix, variants of *-nós.

Suffix

-ին • (-in)

1. forming adjectives with the meaning of location

   ստորին ― storin ― lower

   առաջին ― aṙaǰin ― first

   արտաքին ― artakʻin ― external

2. forming adjectives

   լռին ― lṙin ― taciturn, silent

   ջերին ― ǰerin ― warm

   դիւրին ― diwrin ― easy

   խրթին ― xrtʻin ― obscure, dark

   խորին ― xorin ― deep

   մթին ― mtʻin ― dark

3. forming adverbs

   ինքնին ― inkʻnin ― by himself/herself/itself

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ին

References

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ին”, 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 = J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “-ին²”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 807a