-ոց

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian -ոց (-ocʻ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Suffix[edit]

-ոց (-ocʻ)

  1. forming nouns with the meaning of place
    պահոցpahocʻstorehouse, repository
  2. forming nouns denoting an instrument, tool, article
    սղոցsġocʻsaw
    կապոցkapocʻpackage
  3. forming nouns denoting a name of an action; -ing
    նվնվոցnvnvocʻwhining
    ֆշշոցfššocʻhissing

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Indo-European *-sko-, *-skā- suffix, with a preceding -ո- (-o-) stem vowel. The place-showing sense developed in Armenian.

Suffix[edit]

-ոց (-ocʻ)

  1. Forming nouns with the meaning of place.
    դպրոցdprocʻschool
    ամրոցamrocʻfortress
  2. Forming nouns denoting an instrument, tool, article.
    գելոցgelocʻan instrument of torture
    սղոցsłocʻsaw
  3. Forming nouns denoting a name of an action. Often corresponds to English -ing.
    խայթոցxaytʻocʻbite; sting
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Armenian: -ոց (-ocʻ)

Further reading[edit]

  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 64
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ոց”, 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[edit]

From the stem vowel -ա- (-a-) + (-cʻ, genitive/dative/ablative case marker).

Suffix[edit]

-ոց (-ocʻ)

  1. the plural genitive case ending of o-stem nouns
    հայոցhayocʻgenitive plural case of հայ (hay)
    բերանոցberanocʻgenitive plural case of բերան (beran)
  2. the plural dative case ending of o-stem nouns
    հայոցhayocʻdative plural case of հայ (hay)
    բերանոցberanocʻdative plural case of բերան (beran)
  3. the plural ablative case ending of o-stem nouns
    հայոցhayocʻablative plural case of հայ (hay)
    բերանոցberanocʻablative plural case of բերան (beran)
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