-ոջ

See also: ք

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ոջ (-oǰ).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian, prescriptive) IPA^(key): [od͡ʒ], (colloquial) IPA^(key): [ot͡ʃʰ]

Suffix

-ոջ • (-oǰ)

1. singular dative case ending of oǰ-declension nouns

   ընկերոջ ― ənkeroǰ ― dative singular of ընկեր (ənker)

   քրոջ ― kʻroǰ ― dative singular of քույր (kʻuyr)

References

• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 25–26

Old Armenian

Etymology

Composed of the stem vowel -ո- (-o-) and the Proto-Indo-European postposition *-dʰy(V) or *-gʰ followed by a front vowel. Compare Ancient Greek -θι (-thi) in οὐρανό-θι (ouranó-thi, “in heaven”).

Ačaṙean connects with -ջ (-ǰ) in գեղջ (gełǰ) and calls it an “augmentative genitive-dative marker”.

Suffix

-ոջ • (-oǰ)

1. singular dative/locative, sometimes genitive case ending in some words

   միոջ ― mioǰ ― genitive/dative/locative singular of մի (mi)

   մայրւոջ ― mayrwoǰ ― dative/locative singular of մայրի (mayri)

   տեղւոջ ― tełwoǰ ― dative/ablative/locative singular of տեղի (tełi)

   այգւոջ ― aygwoǰ ― dative/locative singular of այգի (aygi)

   կնոջ ― knoǰ ― genitive/dative/locative singular of կին (kin)

Descendants

• Armenian: -ոջ (-oǰ)

References

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎^[1], Zagreb, page 19
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 104
• Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1944) “Haykakankʻ A [Armeniaca I]”, in HSSṘ GA Teġekagir hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri [Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences]‎^[2] (in Armenian), number 5, page 29 of 25–30
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 628a