-ատ

See also: -ատ- and Appendix:Variations of "at"

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ատ (-at).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑt/, [ɑt]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑd/, [ɑd]

Suffix

-ատ • (-at)

1. -less, clipped, cut

   պոչատ ― počʻat ― tailless

   գլխատ ― glxat ― headless, with the head cut

Derived terms

Armenian terms suffixed with -ատ

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Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Probably of Proto-Indo-European origin and cognate with Sanskrit -अद्- (-ad-), Avestan -𐬆𐬜- (-əδ-), Ancient Greek -αδ- (-ad-). Compare Sanskrit दृषद् (dṛṣad, “rock”), Ancient Greek δειράς (deirás, “ridge of a chain of hills”), genitive δειράδος (deirádos).

Suffix

-ատ • (-at)

2. Found in արմատ (armat), հաստատ (hastat) and perhaps աղքատ (ałkʻat), անքատ (ankʻat), փինատ (pʻinat).

Etymology 2

From the root of հատանեմ (hatanem, “to cut”), with the loss of հ- (h-). Compare the pair փայտահատ (pʻaytahat) : փայտատ (pʻaytat).

Suffix

-ատ • (-at)

1. -less, clipped, cut

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ատ

References

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ատ”, 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