-ուն

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ուն (-un).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ուն (-un)

  1. forming adjectives from verbs
    կպչել (kpčʿel, to stick) + -ուն (-un)կպչուն (kpčʿun, sticky)

Declension

Derived terms

Armenian terms suffixed with -ուն

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ուն (-un).

Suffix

-ուն (-un)

  1. forming adjectives

Derived terms

Middle Armenian terms suffixed with -ուն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *-ono- suffix and perhaps partly from *-o-mno-, an ablaut of *-o-meno- (adverbial suffix of neuter gender).

Suffix

-ուն (-un)

  1. forming adjectives from verbs and rarely from nouns
    փայլեմpʿaylemto shine
    փայլունpʿaylunshining
    ասեմasemto talk
    ասունasunable to talk
    շարժեմšaržemto move
    շարժունšaržunmoveable
    իմաստimastunderstanding, good sense, judgment
    իմաստունimastunwise

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ուն

Descendants

  • Armenian: -ուն (-un)
  • Middle Armenian: -ուն (-un)

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -ուն”, 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
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 66
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