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-ցի
-ցի
Armenian
Alternative forms
- -ացի (-acʿi)
Suffix
-ցի • (-cʿi)
- Denoting persons originating from a certain place.
- եվրոպացի ― evropacʿi ― European
- ֆրանսիացի ― fransiacʿi ― Frenchman
- արտասահմանցի ― artasahmancʿi ― foreigner
Declension
u-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ցի (-cʿi) | -ցիներ, -ցիք* (-cʿiner, -cʿikʿ*) | ||
| dative | -ցու (-cʿu) | -ցիների, -ցոց** (-cʿineri, -cʿocʿ**) | ||
| ablative | -ցուց (-cʿucʿ) | -ցիներից (-cʿinericʿ) | ||
| instrumental | -ցով (-cʿov) | -ցիներով (-cʿinerov) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| definite forms | ||||
| nominative | -ցին (-cʿin) | -ցիները/-ցիներն (-cʿinerə/-cʿinern) | ||
| dative | -ցուն (-cʿun) | -ցիներին (-cʿinerin) | ||
| 1st person possessive forms (my) | ||||
| nominative | -ցիս (-cʿis) | -ցիներս (-cʿiners) | ||
| dative | -ցուս (-cʿus) | -ցունս (-cʿuns) | ||
| ablative | -ցուցս (-cʿucʿs) | -ցիներիցս (-cʿinericʿs) | ||
| instrumental | -ցովս (-cʿovs) | -ցիներովս (-cʿinerovs) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| 2nd person possessive forms (your) | ||||
| nominative | -ցիդ (-cʿid) | -ցիներդ (-cʿinerd) | ||
| dative | -ցուդ (-cʿud) | -ցիներիդ (-cʿinerid) | ||
| ablative | -ցուցդ (-cʿucʿd) | -ցիներիցդ (-cʿinericʿd) | ||
| instrumental | -ցովդ (-cʿovd) | -ցիներովդ (-cʿinerovd) | ||
| locative | — | — | ||
| *colloquial **dated | ||||
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D6%81%D5%AB'>Armenian words suffixed with -ցի</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%AB'>Armenian words suffixed with -ացի</a>
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *-skiyo-, composed of the suffixes *-sko- and *-iyo-.
Suffix
-ցի • (-cʿi)
- Forming adjectives.
- Denoting persons originating from a certain place.
- Forming adverbs.
Declension
o-type
Derived terms
► <a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D6%81%D5%AB'>Old Armenian words suffixed with -ցի</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%AB'>Old Armenian words suffixed with -ացի</a>
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A5%D6%81%D5%AB'>Old Armenian words suffixed with -եցի</a>
Descendants
- Armenian: -ցի (-cʿi)
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ացի, -եցի, -ցի”, 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