-ինք

Old Armenian

Etymology

Probably of the same origin as the plural ending -ինք (-inkʿ) of several n-type nouns (գառն (gaṙn) : գառինք (gaṙinkʿ), բեռն (beṙn) : բեռինք (beṙinkʿ), քար (kʿar) : քարինք (kʿarinkʿ)) from Proto-Indo-European *-en-es. See also -ունք (-unkʿ).

Suffix

-ինք • (-inkʿ)

  1. forming nouns from verbs
    նախատեմ ― naxatem ― to blame, reproach
    նախատինք ― naxatinkʿ ― blame, reproach
  2. forming collective nouns
    քրիստոսինք ― kʿristosinkʿ ― Christians

Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ինք

References
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ինք”, 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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