-իւն
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Old Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From the Proto-Indo-European *-yōn- suffix. Compare Latin regiō, genitive regiōnis. Perhaps partly contaminated with Proto-Indo-European *-mno- adverbial formations, as shown by the parallels գոչիւն (gočʻiwn) / գոչումն (gočʻumn), լալիւն (laliwn) / լալումն (lalumn).
Suffix[edit]
-իւն • (-iwn)
- forming nouns related to the notion of sound, noise, and often having onomatopoeic origin
- found in few other words, of opaque function (the etymology may be different)
Usage notes[edit]
Nouns formed with this suffix (in the first sense) are indeclinable.
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Armenian: -յուն (-yun)
References[edit]
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-իւն”, 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