Armenian

Suffix

-ուկ • ‎(-uk)

1. forming diminutives or terms expressing affection

   խոզուկ‎ ― xozuk ― piggy

   մարդուկ‎ ― marduk ― little man

Synonyms

• -իկ ‎(-ik), -ակ ‎(-ak)

Derived terms

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

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

Derived terms

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