-եղէն
Old Armenian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From -եղ (-eł) + -էն (-ēn). The latter is either from Iranian *-ēn or from -այն (-ayn), with a dialectal sound change.
Suffix
[edit]-եղէն • (-ełēn)
- made of, consisting of
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -եղէն (-ełēn) | -եղէնք (-ełēnkʻ) |
| genitive | եղինի (ełini) | եղինաց (ełinacʻ) |
| dative | եղինի (ełini) | եղինաց (ełinacʻ) |
| accusative | -եղէն (-ełēn) | -եղէնս (-ełēns) |
| ablative | եղինէ (ełinē) | եղինաց (ełinacʻ) |
| instrumental | եղինաւ (ełinaw) | եղինաւք = եղինօք (ełinawkʻ = ełinōkʻ) |
| locative | եղինի (ełini) | -եղէնս (-ełēns) |
Synonyms
[edit]- -եայ (-eay)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Armenian: -եղեն (-eġen)
Further reading
[edit]- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian][1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-եղէն”, 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