-ունք

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See also: ունք

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Abstracted away from the plural ending of n-type nouns: թոռն (tʻoṙn) - թոռունք (tʻoṙunkʻ), հարսն (harsn) - հարսունք (harsunkʻ), ողն (ołn) - ողունք (ołunkʻ) from Proto-Indo-European *-on-es. See also -ինք (-inkʻ).

Suffix[edit]

-ունք • (-unkʻ)

  1. forming collective nouns
  2. forming abstract nouns

Derived terms[edit]

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ունք

References[edit]

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ունք”, 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
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