-աւոր

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -աւոր (-awor).

Suffix

-աւոր • (-awor)

1. 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 *-bʰorā, an ablaut of *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)

1. forming adjectives, with the meaning “possessing, related to”

   ահ ― ah ― fear

   ահաւոր ― ahawor ― frightful, terrible

   վտանգ ― vtang ― danger

   վտանգաւոր ― vtangawor ― dangerous

   զէն ― zēn ― weapon

   զինուոր ― zinuor ― soldier

   ձայն ― jayn ― voice

   ձայնաւոր ― jaynawor ― vowel

Declension

i-a-type

	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

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -աւոր

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ւոր

Related terms

• բուրվառ (burvaṙ)

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: -աւոր (-awor)
  • Armenian: -ավոր (-avor)

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