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Definition 2024
-անի
-անի
See also: Անի
Old Armenian
Suffix
-անի • (-ani)
Declension
o-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -անի (-ani) | -անիք (-anikʿ) | |
| genitive | -անւոյ (-anwoy) | -անեաց (-aneacʿ) | |
| dative | -անւոյ (-anwoy) | -անեաց (-aneacʿ) | |
| accusative | -անի (-ani) | -անիս (-anis) | |
| ablative | -անւոյ (-anwoy) | -անեաց (-aneacʿ) | |
| instrumental | -անեաւ (-aneaw) | -անեաւք = -անեօք (-aneawkʿ = -aneōkʿ) | |
| locative | -անի (-ani) | -անիս (-anis) |
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB'>Old Armenian words suffixed with -անի</a>
Etymology 2
From the Iranian pluralization suffix *-ān (compare -ան (-an)) and a suffix -ի (-i). The origin of the latter is not completely clear.
Suffix
-անի • (-ani)
- Forming collective nouns.
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A1%D5%B6%D5%AB_(collective)'>Old Armenian words suffixed with -անի (collective)</a>
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-անի”, 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