-ոտի
Old Armenian
Etymology
Probably from the suffixes -ոտ (-ot) + -ի (-i). The collective suffix may have a different origin.
Suffix
-ոտի • (-oti)
- forming adjectives, generally with some negative connotation
- զազրոտի ― zazroti ― dirty, ugly, impure
- օտարոտի ― ōtaroti ― strange
- forming collectives
- փորոտի ― pʿoroti ― entrails, intestines
- ոսկերոտի ― oskeroti ― bones
Declension
o-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ոտի (-oti) | -ոտիք (-otikʿ) | |
| genitive | -ոտւոյ (-otwoy) | -ոտեաց (-oteacʿ) | |
| dative | -ոտւոյ (-otwoy) | -ոտեաց (-oteacʿ) | |
| accusative | -ոտի (-oti) | -ոտիս (-otis) | |
| ablative | -ոտւոյ (-otwoy) | -ոտեաց (-oteacʿ) | |
| instrumental | -ոտեաւ (-oteaw) | -ոտեաւք = -ոտեօք (-oteawkʿ = -oteōkʿ) | |
| locative | -ոտի (-oti) | -ոտիս (-otis) |
Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ոտի
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ոտի”, 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
- Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, pages 523–524