-ու
See also: ու
Armenian
editPronunciation
edit- (Eastern Armenian) IPA(key): /u/, [u]
- (Western Armenian) IPA(key): /u/, [u]
Etymology 1
editFrom Old Armenian -ու (-u).
Suffix
edit-ու • (-u)
- forming adjectives
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editSuffix
edit-ու • (-u)
- the future converb I ending of verbs
- սիրելու ― sirelu ― future converb I of սիրել (sirel)
Etymology 3
editFrom Old Armenian -ու (-u).
Suffix
edit-ու • (-u)
- the singular dative case ending of u-declension nouns
See also
edit- -ի (-i)
Old Armenian
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Indo-European *-usyā, the feminine form of the participle suffix *-wes. See also -ուք (-ukʻ).
Suffix
edit-ու • (-u)
- Forming adjectives.
Declension
editi-a-type
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Armenian: -ու (-u)
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) “-ու”, 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
Etymology 2
editContamination of Proto-Indo-European *-u stem vowel with the *-yo, *-yā suffix.
Suffix
edit-ու • (-u)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ու”, 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
Etymology 3
editAccording to Godel, identical with the -ու- (-u-) stem vowel. The remaining stem, standing in contrast to the nominative/accusative singular (which lost its stem), was apt to function as a full-fledged case form.
Suffix
edit-ու • (-u)
- singular genitive/dative/instrumental/locative marker for u-declension words
Further reading
edit- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 104
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- Old Armenian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Armenian lemmas
- Old Armenian suffixes
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- Old Armenian inflectional suffixes