-աւոր
Middle Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian -աւոր (-awor).
Suffix
-աւոր • (-awor)
- forming adjectives
Derived terms
Middle Armenian terms suffixed with -աւոր
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- -ւոր (-wor)
Etymology
From the stem vowel *-ā/ə- + Proto-Indo-European *-bʰoreh₂, from *bʰer-, whence բերեմ (berem). Later the stem vowel was interpreted as the interfix -ա- (-a-) and the suffix was applied to other stems.
Suffix
-աւոր • (-awor)
- forming adjectives, with the meaning “possessing, related to”
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -աւոր (-awor) | -աւորք (-aworkʻ) |
| genitive | -աւորի (-awori) | -աւորաց (-aworacʻ) |
| dative | -աւորի (-awori) | -աւորաց (-aworacʻ) |
| accusative | -աւոր (-awor) | -աւորս (-awors) |
| ablative | -աւորէ (-aworē) | -աւորաց (-aworacʻ) |
| instrumental | -աւորաւ (-aworaw) | -աւորաւք = -աւորօք (-aworawkʻ = -aworōkʻ) |
| locative | -աւորի (-awori) | -աւորս (-awors) |
Derived terms
Related terms
- բուրվառ (burvaṙ)
Descendants
Further reading
- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian][1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 64
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 74
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-աւոր”, 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