-ոյ
Old Armenian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *-es, *-os and partly perhaps from the genitive singular case ending -ոյ (-oy) (see Etymology 2).
Suffix
-ոյ • (-oy)
- found in few words
Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ոյ
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ոյ”, 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
Etymology 2
From the Proto-Indo-European thematic singular genitive ending *-osyo, taken over from the pronominal declension. Cognate with Sanskrit -अस्य (-asya), Old Persian [script needed] (-ahyā), Homeric Ancient Greek -οιο (-oio), Old Latin -osio, Faliscan -osio and Lepontic [script needed] (-oiso).
Suffix
-ոյ • (-oy)
- the genitive singular case ending of o-stem nouns
- գետոյ ― getoy ― genitive singular of գետ (get)
- the dative singular case ending of o-stem nouns
- գետոյ ― getoy ― dative singular of գետ (get)
- the ablative singular case ending of o-stem nouns
- գետոյ ― getoy ― dative singular of գետ (get)
References
- Martirosyan, Hrach (2013), “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship, issue 10, § 3.2, page 90
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian, Zagreb, page 18
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 104