-եմն
Old Armenian
Etymology
From the stem vowel -ե- (-e-) + -մն (-mn), the latter derived from some Proto-Indo-European suffix, probably the source of Ancient Greek μήν (mḗn, “a particle used to strengthen statements”), and found also in ո-մն (o-mn) and ի-մն (i-mn).
Suffix
-եմն • (-emn)
- an unproductive suffix forming adverbs
Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -եմն
References
- Джаукян, Г. Б. (1982) Сравнительная грамматика армянского языка [Comparative grammar of the Armenian language] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 149
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-եմն”, 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