-ոյթ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-ti- suffix with a preceding -eu-. Compare Ancient Greek τελευτή (teleutḗ).

Suffix

-ոյթ • (-oytʻ)

1. forming abstract nouns

Declension

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	-ոյթ (-oytʻ)		-ոյթք (-oytʻkʻ)
genitive	-ութի (-utʻi)		-ութից (-utʻicʻ)
dative	-ութի (-utʻi)		-ութից (-utʻicʻ)
accusative	-ոյթ (-oytʻ)		-ոյթս (-oytʻs)
ablative	-ութէ (-utʻē)		-ութից (-utʻicʻ)
instrumental	-ութիւ (-utʻiw)		-ութիւք (-utʻiwkʻ)
locative	-ութի (-utʻi)		-ոյթս (-oytʻs)

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ոյթ

Descendants

• Armenian: -ույթ (-uytʻ)

References

• Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎^[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 68
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ոյթ”, 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