-ակ

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian -ակ (-ak).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ակ (-ak)

  1. forming diminutives
    Synonyms: -իկ (-ik), -ուկ (-uk)
    գետակgetakrivulet
    տնակtnaklittle house
  2. forming names of things (tools) or people performing some action
    սուզակsuzakdiver
    սահնակsahnaksled, sleigh

Derived terms

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Iranian *-ak, from Proto-Iranian *-akah. The agent-noun-forming suffix is probably etymologically distinct and is borrowed from Middle Iranian *-āk; it is found in the following wholly borrowed terms: դերձակ (derjak), վարձակ (varjak), պատմուճակ (patmučak), նուիրակ (nuirak) and perhaps աւազակ (awazak).

Suffix

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-ակ (-ak)

  1. forming diminutives from nominal stems
    աթոռatʻoṙchair
    աթոռակatʻoṙaksmall chair
    նաւnawship
    նաւակnawakboat
  2. forming agent nouns from verbal stems
    գտանեմgtanemto find, invent
    գտակgtakinventor
    լողամlołamto swim
    լողակlołakswimmer
  3. forming adjectives
    բոլորակbolorakcircular
  4. forming nouns from verbs
    էēis
    էակēakbeing
  5. forming nouns from adjectives, adverbs and pronouns
    քանիkʻanihow many?
    քանակkʻanakquantity

Declension

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Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: -ակ (-ak)

Further reading

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  • Асатрян, Г. С. (2013) “Парфянское gōsān”, in С. Р. Тохтасьев, П. Б. Лурье, editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Сборник статей к 90-летию Владимира Ароновича Лившица[1] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istoriya, →ISBN, page 103 of 102–105
  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn[2] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 64
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ակ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48