-ոջ

From Old Armenian -ոջ (-oǰ).

• (Eastern Armenian, normative) IPA^(key): [od͡ʒ], (colloquial) IPA^(key): [ot͡ʃʰ]

-ոջ • (-oǰ)

1. singular dative case ending of oǰ-declension nouns

   ընկերոջ ― ənkeroǰ ― dative singular of ընկեր (ənker)

   քրոջ ― kʿroǰ ― dative singular of քույր (kʿuyr)

• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 25–26

Composed of the stem vowel -ո- (-o-) and the Proto-Indo-European postposition *-dʰy(V) or *-gʰ followed by a front vowel. Compare Ancient Greek -θι (-thi) in οὐρανό-θι (ouranó-thi, “in heaven”).

Ačaṙean connects with -ջ (-ǰ) in գեղջ (gełǰ) and calls it an “augmentative genitive-dative marker”.

-ոջ • (-oǰ)

1. singular dative/locative, sometimes genitive case ending in some words

   միոջ ― mioǰ ― genitive/dative/locative singular of մի (mi)

   մայրւոջ ― mayrwoǰ ― dative/locative singular of մայրի (mayri)

   տեղւոջ ― tełwoǰ ― dative/ablative/locative singular of տեղի (tełi)

   այգւոջ ― aygwoǰ ― dative/locative singular of այգի (aygi)

   կնոջ ― knoǰ ― genitive/dative/locative singular of կին (kin)

• Armenian: -ոջ (-oǰ)

• Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian‎ (pdf), Zagreb, page 19
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 104
• Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1944), “Haykakankʿ A [Armeniaca I]”, in Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences‎ (in Armenian), volume 5, page 29
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “Haykakankʿ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 628a