-եայ
Old Armenian
Etymology
From the stem vowel -ի (-i) and the element -այ (-ay), which is probably of the same origin as the genitive-dative ending of a-declension nouns. Later contaminated with Classical Syriac ܝܐ- (-āyāʾ, “masculine gentilic suffix”) in borrowings such as հրեայ (hreay), քաղդեայ (kʻałdeay) and the Iranian ending in borrowings such as աշտեայ (ašteay), դժնեայ (džneay).
Suffix
-եայ • (-eay)
- made or consisting of; -en
- belonging to some group
Declension
i-type
Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: -յա (-ya)
References
- Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian][1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 68
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-եայ”, 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