-ար

See also: ար

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *-(e)ro-. Compare երկ-ար (erk-ar) from Proto-Indo-European *dweh₂-ro- (“long”). See also -իր (-ir), -որ (-or), -ուր (-ur).

Suffix

-ար • (-ar)

  1. Found in several words. The function is not very clear.
    զարդ ― zard ― ornament, embellishment
    զարդարեմ ― zardarem ― to adorn
    մեծ ― mec ― great
    մեծարեմ ― mecarem ― to honor, to venerate
    արդ ― ard ― shape
    արդար ― ardar ― just
    մութ ― mutʿ ― dark
    մթար ― mtʿar ― black, smutty
Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ար

Etymology 2

From the root of հարկանեմ (harkanem), with the loss of հ- (h-). Compare the pair փողահար (pʿołahar) - փողար (pʿołar).

Suffix

-ար • (-ar)

  1. Forming words related to the notion of beating, striking.
    կտցար ― ktcʿar ― woodcock
    փողար ― pʿołar ― trumpeter
Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ար (striking)

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