-ոյթ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-ti- suffix with a preceding -eu-. Compare Ancient Greek τελευτή (teleutḗ).

Suffix

-ոյթ • (-oytʻ)

  1. forming abstract nouns

Declension
i-type
singular plural
nominative -ոյթ (-oytʻ) -ոյթք (-oytʻkʻ)
genitive -ութի (-utʻi) -ութից (-utʻicʻ)
dative -ութի (-utʻi) -ութից (-utʻicʻ)
accusative -ոյթ (-oytʻ) -ոյթս (-oytʻs)
ablative -ութէ (-utʻē) -ութից (-utʻicʻ)
instrumental -ութիւ (-utʻiw) -ութիւք (-utʻiwkʻ)
locative -ութի (-utʻi) -ոյթս (-oytʻs)

Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ոյթ

Descendants
  • Armenian: -ույթ (-uytʻ)

References
  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎ (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 68
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ոյթ”, 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
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