-ուց

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ut͡sʰ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ut͡sʰ]

-ուց • (-ucʿ)

1. the singular ablative case ending of u-declension nouns

   մարդուց ― marducʿ ― ablative singular case of մարդ (mard)

   ձիուց ― jiucʿ ― ablative singular case of ձի (ji)

• -ից (-icʿ)

From Old Armenian -ուց (-ucʿ).

-ուց • (-ucʿ)

1. forming nouns

From the stem vowel -u- + Proto-Indo-European *-sko- suffix, later applied to other stems. See also -ուցք (-ucʿkʿ).

-ուց • (-ucʿ)

1. forming nouns

• Middle Armenian: -ուց (-ucʿ)

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ուց”, 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

From the stem vowel -ու- (-u-) + -ց (-cʿ, “genitive/dative/ablative case marker”).

-ուց • (-ucʿ)

1. the plural genitive case ending of u-stem nouns

   ծովուց ― covucʿ ― genitive plural case of ծով (cov)

   արջուց ― arǰucʿ ― genitive plural case of արջ (arǰ)

2. the plural dative case ending of u-stem nouns

   ծովուց ― covucʿ ― dative plural case of ծով (cov)

   արջուց ― arǰucʿ ― dative plural case of արջ (arǰ)

3. the plural ablative case ending of u-stem nouns

   ծովուց ― covucʿ ― ablative plural case of ծով (cov)

   արջուց ― arǰucʿ ― ablative plural case of արջ (arǰ)

• -ից (-icʿ), -աց (-acʿ), -ոց (-ocʿ)