-ցի

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian -ցի (-cʻi).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ցի (-cʻi)

  1. Denoting persons originating from a certain place.
    եվրոպացիevropacʻiEuropean
    ֆրանսիացիfransiacʻiFrenchman
    արտասահմանցիartasahmancʻiforeigner

Declension

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Derived terms

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *-skiyo-, composed of the suffixes *-sko- and *-iyo-.

Suffix

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-ցի (-cʻi)

  1. Forming adjectives.
    խելքxelkʻbrains
    խելացիxelacʻiintelligent
  2. Denoting persons originating from a certain place.
    ՔանանKʻananCanaan
    քանանացիkʻananacʻiCanaanite
    ՀռովմHṙovmRome
    հռովմայեցիhṙovmayecʻiRoman
    ՓարպիPʻarpiParpi (a village in Armenia)
    փարպեցիpʻarpecʻisomeone from Parpi
  3. Forming adverbs.
    մուրցmurcʻfist
    մուրցացիmurcʻacʻiwith the fists
    աքakʻleg
    աքացիakʻacʻiwith legs

Declension

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Derived terms

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Category Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ցի not found

Descendants

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  • Armenian: -ցի (-cʻi)

References

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  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ացի, -եցի, -ցի”, 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