-ուկ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ուկ (-uk).

Suffix

-ուկ • (-uk)

  1. forming diminutives or terms expressing affection
    խոզուկ ― xozuk ― piggy
    մարդուկ ― marduk ― little man

Synonyms

Derived terms
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Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From the stem element *-ū̆- + Proto-Indo-European *-kon- suffix. See also -իկ (-ik). The plant-name-forming suffix may have developed from this.

Suffix

-ուկ • (-uk)

  1. forming diminutives
    այր ― ayr ― man
    այրուկ ― ayruk ― very little man
  2. forming names of plants
    ժախուկ ― žaxuk ― horse-radish
    կանեփուկ ― kanepʿuk ― Urtica cannabina
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

The origin is uncertain.

Suffix

-ուկ • (-uk)

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    գեղջուկ ― gełǰuk ― peasant
    հարցուկ ― harcʿuk ― soothsayer
    հեղուկ ― hełuk ― liquid
    ջերմուկ ― ǰermuk ― warm mineral waters or springs
Declension
i-a-type
singular plural
nominative -ուկ (-uk) -ուկք (-ukkʿ)
genitive -կի (-ki) -կաց (-kacʿ)
dative -կի (-ki) -կաց (-kacʿ)
accusative -ուկ (-uk) -ուկս (-uks)
ablative -կէ (-kē) -կաց (-kacʿ)
instrumental -կաւ (-kaw) -կաւք = -կօք (-kawkʿ = -kōkʿ)
locative -կի (-ki) -ուկս (-uks)
Derived terms
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References
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ուկ”, 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
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