-ատ

See also: -ատ- and Appendix:Variations of "at"

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ատ (-at).

Pronunciation

(Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɑt]
(Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɑd]

Suffix

-ատ • (-at)

-less, clipped, cut
պոչատ ― počʿat ― tailless

գլխատ ― glxat ― headless, with the head cut
Forming names of cutting tools
ցաքատ ― cʿakʿat ― a kind of branch-cutter

Derived terms

Armenian terms suffixed with -ատ

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Probably of Proto-Indo-European origin and cognate with Sanskrit -अद्- (-ad-), Avestan -𐬆𐬜-‎ (-əδ-), Ancient Greek -αδ- (-ad-). Compare Sanskrit दृषद् (dṛṣad, “rock”), Ancient Greek δειράς (deirás, “ridge of a chain of hills”), genitive δειράδος (deirádos).

Suffix

-ատ • (-at)

Found inարմատ (armat),հաստատ (hastat) and perhapsաղքատ (ałkʿat),անքատ (ankʿat),փինատ (pʿinat).

Etymology 2

From the root of հատանեմ (hatanem, “to cut”), with the loss of հ- (h-). Compare the pair փայտահատ (pʿaytahat) : փայտատ (pʿaytat).

Suffix

-ատ • (-at)

-less, clipped, cut
Forming names of cutting tools
փայտատ ― pʿaytat ― hatchet

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ատ

Descendants

Armenian: -ատ (-at)

References

J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ատ”, 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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