-ուկ
ArmenianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle Armenian -ուկ (-uk), from Old Armenian -ուկ (-uk).
SuffixEdit
-ուկ • (-uk)
- forming diminutives or terms expressing affection
- խոզուկ ― xozuk ― piggy
- մարդուկ ― marduk ― little man
- forming names of plants
- անմոռուկ ― anmoṙuk ― forget-me-not
- խնձորուկ ― xnjoruk ― clover
SynonymsEdit
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Middle ArmenianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Armenian -ուկ (-uk).
SuffixEdit
-ուկ • (-uk)
- forming diminutives or terms expressing affection
- forming names of plants
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- Armenian: -ուկ (-uk)
Old ArmenianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From the stem element *-ū̆- + Proto-Indo-European *-kon- suffix. See also -իկ (-ik). The plant-name-forming suffix may have developed from this.
SuffixEdit
-ուկ • (-uk)
- forming diminutives
- forming names of plants
- ժախուկ ― žaxuk ― horse-radish
- կանեփուկ ― kanepʿuk ― Urtica cannabina
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DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
The origin is uncertain.
SuffixEdit
-ուկ • (-uk)
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DeclensionEdit
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ReferencesEdit
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg, “-ուկ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2)[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, 1998, pages 5–48