Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian -ուն (-un).

Pronunciation edit

Suffix edit

-ուն (-un)

  1. forming adjectives from verbs
    կպչել (kpčʿel, to stick) + ‎-ուն (-un) → ‎կպչուն (kpčʿun, sticky)

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Middle Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian -ուն (-un).

Suffix edit

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  1. forming adjectives

Derived terms edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From the Proto-Indo-European *-ono- suffix and perhaps partly from *-o-mno-, an ablaut of *-o-meno- (adverbial suffix of neuter gender).

Suffix edit

-ուն (-un)

  1. forming adjectives from verbs and rarely from nouns
    փայլեմpʿaylemto shine
    փայլունpʿaylunshining
    ասեմasemto talk
    ասունasunable to talk
    շարժեմšaržemto move
    շարժունšaržunmoveable
    իմաստimastunderstanding, good sense, judgment
    իմաստունimastunwise

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: -ուն (-un)
  • Middle Armenian: -ուն (-un)

References edit

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ուն”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 66