-ենի

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Armenian

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Etymology

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From Middle Armenian -ենի (-eni).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ենի (-eni)

  1. forming names of trees and shrubs
    ծիրանենիciraneniapricot tree
    տանձենիtanjenipear tree
  2. forming names of furs
    կղբենիkġbenibeaver fur

Declension

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Derived terms

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Middle Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian -ենի (-eni).

Suffix

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-ենի (-eni)

  1. forming names of trees and shrubs

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: -ենի (-eni)

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Probably from -եան (-ean) +‎ (-i). The tree-name forming suffix may be of Urartian origin.

Suffix

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-ենի (-eni)

  1. forming adjectives
    հայրhayrfather
    հայրենիhayrenipaternal
  2. forming names of trees and shrubs
    լաստենիlastenialder tree
    ձիթենիjitʻeniolive tree
  3. forming names of furs
    աղուէսałuēsfox
    աղուեսենիałuesenifox fur

Declension

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Descendants

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References

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  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 84
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ենի”, 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