-ին
Old Armenian
Etymology 1
According to J̌ahukyan, from the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *-eno- suffix and partly perhaps from the *-ino- suffix, variants of *-no-.
Suffix
-ին • (-in)
- forming adjectives with the meaning of location
- forming adjectives
- forming adverbs
- ինքնին ― inkʻnin ― by himself/herself/itself
Derived terms
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ին”, 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
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “-ին¹”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 807a
Etymology 2
According to J̌ahukyan, an (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Urartian origin can be supposed.
Suffix
-ին • (-in)
- forming adjectives
Derived terms
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ին”, 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
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “-ին²”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 807a