-ևին

Old Armenian

Etymology

From the stem vowel -ե- (-e-) + -ւ- (-w-), which has the same origin as -ւ (-w, “instrumental case marker”), namely Proto-Indo-European *-bʰi, +‎ -ին (-in) suffix. Alternatively, and more probably, -ին (-in) may reflect the -i- in Proto-Indo-European *-bʰi followed by a demonstrative element from Proto-Indo-European *-no- > -ն (-n). Compare -ովին (-ovin).

Suffix

-ևին • (-ewin)

  1. Forming adverbs.

Derived terms
Old Armenian words suffixed with -ևին

References
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-եւին”, 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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