-եցիկ
Old Armenian
Etymology
Probably developed by analogy with words like ազդեցիկ (azdecʿik), դիեցիկ (diecʿik), երգեցիկ (ergecʿik), which are formed from the aorist ending -եաց (-eacʿ) + -իկ (-ik).
Suffix
-եցիկ • (-ecʿik)
- Forming adjectives.
Declension
i-a-type
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | -եցիկ (-ecʿik) | -եցիկք (-ecʿikkʿ) | |
genitive | -եցկի (-ecʿki) | -եցկաց (-ecʿkacʿ) | |
dative | -եցկի (-ecʿki) | -եցկաց (-ecʿkacʿ) | |
accusative | -եցիկ (-ecʿik) | -եցիկս (-ecʿiks) | |
ablative | -եցկէ (-ecʿkē) | -եցկաց (-ecʿkacʿ) | |
instrumental | -եցկաւ (-ecʿkaw) | -եցկաւք = -եցկօք (-ecʿkawkʿ = -ecʿkōkʿ) | |
locative | -եցկի (-ecʿki) | -եցիկս (-ecʿiks) |
Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -եցիկ
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-եցիկ”, 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