-ովին
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Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Armenian -ովին (-ovin).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [-oˈvin]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [-oˈvin]
Suffix[edit]
-ովին • (-ovin)
- forming adverbs
Derived terms[edit]
Old Armenian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From -ով (-ov), which coincides with the ending of instrumental, + -ին (-in) suffix. Alternatively, -ին (-in) may reflect the -i- in Proto-Indo-European *-bʰi followed by a demonstrative element from Proto-Indo-European *-nós > -ն (-n). Compare -եւին (-ewin).
Suffix[edit]
-ովին • (-ovin)
- forming adverbs
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ովին”, 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