-եղէն
Old Armenian
Etymology
From -եղ (-eł) + -էն (-ēn). The latter is either from Iranian *-ēn or from -այն (-ayn), with a dialectal sound change.
Suffix
-եղէն • (-ełēn)
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -եղէն (-ełēn) | -եղէնք (-ełēnkʿ) | |
| genitive | եղինի (ełini) | եղինաց (ełinacʿ) | |
| dative | եղինի (ełini) | եղինաց (ełinacʿ) | |
| accusative | -եղէն (-ełēn) | -եղէնս (-ełēns) | |
| ablative | եղինէ (ełinē) | եղինաց (ełinacʿ) | |
| instrumental | եղինաւ (ełinaw) | եղինաւք = եղինօք (ełinawkʿ = ełinōkʿ) | |
| locative | եղինի (ełini) | -եղէնս (-ełēns) |
Synonyms
- -եայ (-eay)
Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -եղէն
Descendants
- Armenian: -եղեն (-ełen)
Further reading
- Gočanean, Pōłos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʿerakanutʿiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Vienna, Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-եղէն”, 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
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