-ոտ
Armenian
editEtymology
editFrom Old Armenian -ոտ (-ot).
Pronunciation
edit- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /ot/, [ot]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /od/, [od]
Suffix
edit-ոտ • (-ot)
Derived terms
editOld Armenian
editEtymology
editProbably from հոտ (hot, “smell”), with the loss of h-, as in -ատ (-at). For the semantics, compare Ancient Greek -ώδης (-ṓdēs).
Suffix
edit-ոտ • (-ot)
- forming adjectives
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Armenian: -ոտ (-ot)
References
edit- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ոտ”, 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