-ուց

Armenian

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ut͡sʰ/, [ut͡sʰ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ut͡s/, [ut͡sʰ]

Suffix

-ուց • (-ucʻ)

1. the singular ablative case ending of u-declension nouns

   մարդուց ― marducʻ ― ablative singular case of մարդ (mard)

   ձիուց ― jiucʻ ― ablative singular case of ձի (ji)

See also

• -ից (-icʻ)

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ուց (-ucʻ).

Suffix

-ուց • (-ucʻ)

1. forming nouns

Derived terms

Middle Armenian terms suffixed with -ուց

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From the stem vowel -u- + Proto-Indo-European *-sko- suffix, later applied to other stems. See also -ուցք (-ucʻkʻ).

Suffix

-ուց • (-ucʻ)

2. forming nouns

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ուց

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: -ուց (-ucʻ)

References

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ուց”, 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

From the stem vowel -ու- (-u-) + -ց (-cʻ, “genitive/dative/ablative case marker”).

Suffix

-ուց • (-ucʻ)

1. the plural genitive case ending of u-stem nouns

   ծովուց ― covucʻ ― genitive plural case of ծով (cov)

   արջուց ― arǰucʻ ― genitive plural case of արջ (arǰ)

2. the plural dative case ending of u-stem nouns

   ծովուց ― covucʻ ― dative plural case of ծով (cov)

   արջուց ― arǰucʻ ― dative plural case of արջ (arǰ)

3. the plural ablative case ending of u-stem nouns

   ծովուց ― covucʻ ― ablative plural case of ծով (cov)

   արջուց ― arǰucʻ ― ablative plural case of արջ (arǰ)

Related terms

• -ից (-icʻ), -աց (-acʻ), -ոց (-ocʻ)