-ցի

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ցի (-cʻi).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ցի • (-cʻi)

  1. Denoting persons originating from a certain place.
    եվրոպացիevropacʻiEuropean
    ֆրանսիացիfransiacʻiFrenchman
    արտասահմանցիartasahmancʻiforeigner

Declension

Derived terms

Armenian terms suffixed with -ցի
Armenian terms suffixed with -ացի

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-skiyo-, composed of the suffixes *-sko- and *-iyo-.

Suffix

-ցի • (-cʻi)

  1. Forming adjectives.
    խելքxelkʻbrains
    խելացիxelacʻiintelligent
  2. Denoting persons originating from a certain place.
    ՔանանKʻananCanaan
    քանանացիkʻananacʻiCanaanite
    ՀռովմHṙovmRome
    հռովմայեցիhṙovmayecʻiRoman
    ՓարպիPʻarpiParpi (a village in Armenia)
    փարպեցիpʻarpecʻisomeone from Parpi
  3. Forming adverbs.
    մուրցmurcʻfist
    մուրցացիmurcʻacʻiwith the fists
    աքakʻleg
    աքացիakʻacʻiwith legs

Declension

Derived terms

Category Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ցի not found
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ացի
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -եցի

Descendants

  • Armenian: -ցի (-cʻi)

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ացի, -եցի, -ցի”, 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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