-եղէն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From -եղ (-eł) + -էն (-ēn). The latter is either from Iranian *-ēn or from -այն (-ayn), with a dialectal sound change.

Suffix

-եղէն • (-ełēn)

1. made of, consisting of

   հող ― hoł ― earth, soil

   հողեղէն ― hołełēn ― earthen

   ոսկի ― oski ― gold

   ոսկեղէն ― oskełēn ― golden

Declension

i-a-type

	singular		plural
nominative	-եղէն (-ełēn)		-եղէնք (-ełēnkʻ)
genitive	եղինի (ełini)		եղինաց (ełinacʻ)
dative	եղինի (ełini)		եղինաց (ełinacʻ)
accusative	-եղէն (-ełēn)		-եղէնս (-ełēns)
ablative	եղինէ (ełinē)		եղինաց (ełinacʻ)
instrumental	եղինաւ (ełinaw)		եղինաւք = եղինօք (ełinawkʻ = ełinōkʻ)
locative	եղինի (ełini)		-եղէնս (-ełēns)

Synonyms

• -եայ (-eay)

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -եղէն

Descendants

• Armenian: -եղեն (-eġen)

Further reading

• Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎^[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-եղէն”, 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