-ուն

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian -ուն (-un).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ուն (-un)

  1. forming adjectives from verbs
    կպչել (kpčʻel, to stick) + ‎-ուն (-un) → ‎կպչուն (kpčʻun, sticky)

Declension

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Derived terms

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Middle Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian -ուն (-un).

Suffix

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-ուն (-un)

  1. forming adjectives

Derived terms

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From the Proto-Indo-European *-ono- suffix and perhaps partly from *-o-mno-, an ablaut of *-o-meno- (adverbial suffix of neuter gender).

Suffix

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-ուն (-un)

  1. forming adjectives from verbs and rarely from nouns
    փայլեմpʻaylemto shine
    փայլունpʻaylunshining
    ասեմasemto talk
    ասունasunable to talk
    շարժեմšaržemto move
    շարժունšaržunmoveable
    իմաստimastunderstanding, good sense, judgment
    իմաստունimastunwise

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: -ուն (-un)
  • Middle Armenian: -ուն (-un)

References

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  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ուն”, 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
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 66