-ուց

Armenian

Suffix

-ուց • (-ucʿ)

1. the singular ablative case ending of u-declension nouns

   մարդուց ― marducʿ ― ablative singular case of մարդ (mard)

   ձիուց ― jiucʿ ― ablative singular case of ձի (ji)

See also

• -ից (-icʿ)

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Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ուց (-ucʿ).

Suffix

-ուց • (-ucʿ)

1. forming nouns

Derived terms

► Middle Armenian words suffixed with -ուց

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Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From the stem vowel -u- + Proto-Indo-European *-sko- suffix, later applied to other stems. See also -ուցք (-ucʿkʿ).

Suffix

-ուց • (-ucʿ)

1. forming nouns

Derived terms

► Old Armenian words suffixed with -ուց

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: -ուց (-ucʿ)

References

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ուց”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48

Etymology 2

From the stem vowel -ու- (-u-) + -ց (-cʿ, “genitive/dative/ablative case marker”).

Suffix

-ուց • (-ucʿ)

1. the plural genitive case ending of u-stem nouns

   ծովուց ― covucʿ ― genitive plural case of ծով (cov)

   արջուց ― arǰucʿ ― genitive plural case of արջ (arǰ)

2. the plural dative case ending of u-stem nouns

   ծովուց ― covucʿ ― dative plural case of ծով (cov)

   արջուց ― arǰucʿ ― dative plural case of արջ (arǰ)

3. the plural locative case ending of u-stem nouns

   ծովուց ― covucʿ ― abaltive plural case of ծով (cov)

   արջուց ― arǰucʿ ― abaltive plural case of արջ (arǰ)

Related terms

• -ից (-icʿ), -աց (-acʿ), -ոց (-ocʿ)