-ուն

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ուն (-un).

Suffix

-ուն (-un)

  1. forming adjectives from verbs
    կպչել (kpčʿel, to stick) + -ուն (-un)կպչուն (kpčʿun, sticky)

Declension

Derived terms

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Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ուն (-un).

Suffix

-ուն (-un)

  1. forming adjectives

Derived terms

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From the Proto-Indo-European *-ono- suffix and perhaps partly from *-o-mno-, an ablaut of *-o-meno- (adverbial suffix of neuter gender).

Suffix

-ուն (-un)

  1. forming adjectives from verbs and rarely from nouns
    փայլեմpʿaylemto shine
    փայլունpʿaylunshining
    ասեմasemto talk
    ասունasunable to talk
    շարժեմšaržemto move
    շարժունšaržunmoveable
    իմաստimastunderstanding, good sense, judgment
    իմաստունimastunwise

Declension

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -ուն”, 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
  • Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 66
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