-եար

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• -եր (-er)

Etymology

From the stem vowel -i- + Proto-Indo-European *-ьro-, *-ero- suffix.

Suffix

-եար • (-ear)

1. Forming collective nouns.

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -եար

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -եր

Descendants

• Armenian: -եր (-er)

References

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-եար”, 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