-աւէտ

See also: աւէտ and աւետ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Probably from Iranian *-vaita; compare Khotanese [script needed] (-vīya). Relation with աւետեմ (awetem) is unlikely.

Suffix

-աւէտ • (-awēt)

  1. Adjectival suffix.

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -աւէտ
այգաւէտ
այգևէտ
արեգաւէտ
կենդանաւէտ
շահաւէտ
շնորհաւէտ
ուրախաւէտ

Descendants

  • Armenian: -ավետ (-avet)

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-աւէտ”, 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
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