-և

See also: եւ and և

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian -և (-ew).

Suffix

-և • (-ew)

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Derived terms

Armenian terms suffixed with -և

Old Armenian

Etymology

Of the same origin as the ending of the instrumental -ւ (-w). Compare the pairs արդարև (ardarew) : արդարով (ardarov), հետև (hetew) : հետով (hetov).

Suffix

-և • (-ew)

1. found in some adverbs and conjunctions

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -և

Descendants

• → Armenian: -և (-ew) (learned)

References

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-եւ”, 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