-օն

See also: օն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

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