-այն
See also: այն
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]According to J̌ahukyan, from the Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos suffix, added to words ending in *-ā/ə.[1]
On the other hand, Olsen derives from Proto-Indo-European *-tn̥nós.[2]
Suffix
[edit]-այն • (-ayn)
- A suffix found in some adverbs and nouns
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-այն”, 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
- ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 281–282