-ութիւն
Old Armenian
Etymology
Either from -ոյթ (-oytʿ) + -իւն (-iwn) or from Proto-Indo-European *-tyon with Latin -tio as a cognate.
Suffix
-ութիւն • (-utʿiwn)
- forming quality and abstract nouns from nouns, adjectives and verbs; -ity, -ness, -dom, -hood, -y
- մի ― mi ― one
- միութիւն ― miutʿiwn ― union
- փիլիսոփայ ― pʿilisopʿay ― philosopher
- փիլիսոփայութիւն ― pʿilisopʿayutʿiwn ― philosophy
- արքայ ― arkʿay ― king
- արքայութիւն ― arkʿayutʿiwn ― kingdom
- բարձր ― barjr ― high
- բարձրութիւն ― barjrutʿiwn ― height
- մկրտեմ ― mkrtem ― to baptize
- մկրտութիւն ― mkrtutʿiwn ― baptism
Usage notes
- The suffix was very productive.
- Often abbreviated as -ութի՟ (-utʿi.) = -ութիւն (-utʿiwn), -ութե՟ (-utʿe.) = -ութեան (-utʿean), -ութէ՟ (-utʿē.) = -ութենէ (-utʿenē).
Declension
n-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ութիւն (-utʿiwn) | -ութիւնք (-utʿiwnkʿ) | |
| genitive | -ութեան (-utʿean) | -ութեանց (-utʿeancʿ) | |
| dative | -ութեան (-utʿean) | -ութեանց (-utʿeancʿ) | |
| accusative | -ութիւն (-utʿiwn) | -ութիւնս (-utʿiwns) | |
| ablative | -ութենէ (-utʿenē) | -ութեանց (-utʿeancʿ) | |
| instrumental | -ութեամբ (-utʿeamb) | -ութեամբք (-utʿeambkʿ) | |
| locative | -ութեան (-utʿean) | -ութիւնս (-utʿiwns) |
Derived terms
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Descendants
- Armenian: -ություն (-utʿyun)
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ութիւն”, 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
- Tumanjan, Eteri (1971) Drevnearmjanskij jazyk [The Old Armenian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 19
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 56
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