-գոյն

-գոյն

See also: գոյն

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• -ագոյն (-agoyn)

Etymology

From գոյն (goyn, “colour; in this manner”).

Suffix

-գոյն • (-goyn)

1. Forming the comparative degree of adjectives.

   լաւ ― law ― good

   լաւագոյն ― lawagoyn ― better

   մեծ ― mec ― big

   մեծագոյն ― mecagoyn ― bigger

2. In certain cases, forming the superlative degree of adjectives.

Usage notes

In modern Armenian this suffix forms only superlative degrees. In Old Armenian the superlative sense was expressed with such adverbs as կարի (kari), յոյժ (yoyž), սաստիկ (sastik), անհնարին (anhnarin): for example յոյժ մեծ (yoyž mec, “the biggest”).

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -գոյն

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ագոյն

Descendants

• Armenian: -գույն (-guyn)

References

• Abrahamyan, Ašot (1976) Grabari jeṙnark [A Handbook of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), 4th edition, Yerevan: Luys
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “գոյն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ագոյն”, 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