-ովք
Old Armenian
Etymology
Formed in Armenian as -ով (-ov) + -ք (-kʿ). Alternatively, inherited from Proto-Indo-European instrumental plural ending of athematic stems *-bʰis and cognate with Sanskrit -भिस् (-bhis), Old Irish dative plural -ib.
Suffix
-ովք • (-ovkʿ)
- the plural instrumental case ending of o-stem nouns
- գայլովք ― gaylovkʿ ― instrumental plural of գայլ (gayl)
Related terms
- -օք (-ōkʿ), -իւք (-iwkʿ)
References
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 104
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian, Zagreb, page 19