Old Armenian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From -ուն (-un) +‎ (-i).

Suffix edit

-ունի (-uni)

  1. forming adjectives
    ծերունիceruniaged, old
    խնամունիxnamunikindred
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Etymology 2 edit

Probably of Urartian origin.

Suffix edit

-ունի (-uni)

  1. denoting a member of a specified dynasty or family
    ԱրշակAršakArsaces
    ԱրշակունիAršakuniArsacid
    ԲագրատBagratBagrat
    ԲագրատունիBagratuniBagratid
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References edit

  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 84
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 441–442
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ունի”, 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