-ունք
See also: ունք
Old Armenian
Etymology
Abstracted away from the plural ending of n-type nouns: թոռն (tʻoṙn) - թոռունք (tʻoṙunkʻ), հարսն (harsn) - հարսունք (harsunkʻ), ողն (ołn) - ողունք (ołunkʻ) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *-on-es. See also -ինք (-inkʻ).
Suffix
-ունք • (-unkʻ)
- forming collective nouns
- forming abstract nouns
Derived terms
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ունք”, 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