-նի
See also: նի-
Old Armenian
Etymology
Two possibilities exist: (1) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *-eiyo- composite suffix, made of *-en(o)- + *-iyo- or its *-niyo- variant with a preceding -i vowel; (2) from the suffix -ուն (-un) + -ի (-i).
Suffix
-նի • (-ni)
- found in few adjectives
Derived terms
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-նի”, 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