-ոյ

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *-es, *-os and partly perhaps from the genitive singular case ending -ոյ (-oy) (see Etymology 2).

Suffix

-ոյ • (-oy)

1. found in few words

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ոյ

References

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ոյ”, 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

Etymology 2

From the Proto-Indo-European thematic singular genitive ending *-osyo, taken over from the pronominal declension. Cognate with Sanskrit -अस्य (-asya), Old Persian [script needed] (-ahyā), Homeric Ancient Greek -οιο (-oio), Old Latin -osio, Faliscan -osio and Lepontic [script needed] (-oiso).

Suffix

-ոյ • (-oy)

1. the genitive singular case ending of o-stem nouns

   գետոյ ― getoy ― genitive singular of գետ (get)

2. the dative singular case ending of o-stem nouns

   գետոյ ― getoy ― dative singular of գետ (get)

3. the ablative singular case ending of o-stem nouns

   գետոյ ― getoy ― dative singular of գետ (get)

References

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2013) “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship‎^[1], number 10, § 3.2, page 90
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎^[2], Zagreb, page 18
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 104