-օն

See also: օն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• -աւն (-awn)

Etymology

The original spelling is -աւն (-awn), from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥, with a preceding stem vowel -a-. Later applied to other stems, by analogy. See also -օնք (-ōnkʻ).

Suffix

-օն • (-ōn)

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Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	-օն (-ōn)		-օնք (-ōnkʻ)
genitive	-օնի (-ōni)		-օնից (-ōnicʻ)
dative	-օնի (-ōni)		-օնից (-ōnicʻ)
accusative	-օն (-ōn)		-օնս (-ōns)
ablative	-օնէ (-ōnē)		-օնից (-ōnicʻ)
instrumental	-օնիւ (-ōniw)		-օնիւք (-ōniwkʻ)
locative	-օնի (-ōni)		-օնս (-ōns)

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -օն

Descendants

• Armenian: -ոն (-on)

References

• Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎^[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 68
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-աւն”, 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