-ի

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

From Old Armenian -ի (-i).

-ի • (-i)

1. -able

   հասկանալ ― haskanal ― to understand

   հասկանալի ― haskanali ― understandable

   բուժել ― bužel ― to cure

   բուժելի ― buželi ― curable

   ուղղել ― uġġel ― to correct

   ուղղելի ― uġġeli ― corrigible

2. forming botanical names

   ծիրանի ― cirani ― apricot tree

3. forming names of tools and utensils

   խնոցի ― xnocʻi ― butter churn

• Galstyan, Galstyan (1978) Acancʻumə ew acancʻnerə žamanakakicʻ hayerenum [Affixation and affixes in modern Armenian]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 132

From Old Armenian -ի (-i).

-ի • (-i)

1. the singular and plural dative case ending of i-declension nouns

   Հայաստանի ― Hayastani ― dative singular case of Հայաստան (Hayastan)

   քաղաքի ― kʻaġakʻi ― dative singular case of քաղաք (kʻaġakʻ)

   քաղաքների ― kʻaġakʻneri ― dative plural case of քաղաք (kʻaġakʻ)

• -ու (-u)

From Old Armenian -ի (-i).

-ի • (-i)

1. forming botanical names

From the Proto-Indo-European *-yo- or *-yeh₂ suffix. Compare the same suffix in Sanskrit स्वप्न्य (svápnya), Ancient Greek δεξιός (dexiós), Latin somnium. The genitive ending -ի (-i) may have the same origin.

-ի • (-i)

1. forming adjectives

   աղ ― ał ― salt

   աղի ― ałi ― salty

   բարք ― barkʻ ― disposition, temper

   բարի ― bari ― kind, good

   սոսկալ ― soskal ― to be greatly afraid

   սոսկալի ― soskali ― horrible, terrible

2. forming botanical names

   կաղին ― kałin ― acorn

   կաղնի ― kałni ― oak

3. made of

   կտաւ ― ktaw ― flax

   կտաւի ― ktawi ― linen

4. forming adverbs

• Armenian: -ի (-i)
• Middle Armenian: -ի (-i)

• Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎ (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 84
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 66
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ի”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48

The genitive/dative/locative marker for i-declension is identical with the -ի- (-i-) stem vowel. In Godel's words, the remaining stem, standing in contrast to the nominative/accusative singular (which lost its stem), was apt to function as a full-fledged case form. According to Godel, in the case of the i-a-declension we are dealing with a Proto-Armenian morphological innovation: the new morpheme was abstracted from the genitive/dative/locative case ending -ի (-i) of i-stem nouns and applied to a-stem nouns, whose original endings had been lost.

-ի • (-i)

1. singular genitive/dative/locative marker for i-declension words

   բանի ― bani ― genitive/dative/locative singular of բան (ban)

2. singular genitive/dative/locative marker for i-a-declension words

   լեզուի ― lezui ― genitive/dative/locative singular of լեզու (lezu)

   աշակերտի ― ašakerti ― genitive/dative/locative singular of աշակերտ (ašakert)

• Armenian: -ի (-i)

• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 104