-օղ

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See also: օղ and -ող

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

The original spelling is -աւղ (-awł), from Proto-Indo-European *-tlo-, a thematic form of the *-tel- suffix, with a preceding * or *. Compare ծնօղ (cnōł) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenətlo-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *-teľь.

The spelling -ող (-oł) is either an early monophthongized version of -աւղ (-awł) or has another origin, perhaps Proto-Indo-European *-olo-, *olā-; compare the ending of Ancient Greek μαινόλης (mainólēs), φαινόλης (phainólēs).

The endings of ձախող (jaxoł), յաջող (yaǰoł), խճող (xčoł) may be different from this suffix; they may be of Urartian origin.

Suffix[edit]

-օղ (-ōł)

  1. Forming adjectives and agent nouns from verbs.

Usage notes[edit]

Armenian grammarians assign to this a function of a participial suffix. But Old Armenian forms in -օղ (-ōł) are not participles and they do not belong to the conjugation. Old Armenian had only one true participle, formed with -եալ (-eal). In modern Armenian -ող (-oł), indeed, forms participles.

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: -ող (-oġ)

References[edit]

  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 31
  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʿerakanutʿiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 37
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-աւղ”, 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