-ու
See also: ու
Armenian
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [u]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [u]
Etymology 1
From Old Armenian -ու (-u).
Suffix
-ու • (-u)
- forming adjectives
Derived terms
Armenian terms suffixed with -ու
Suffix
-ու • (-u)
- the future converb I ending of verbs
- սիրելու ― sirelu ― future converb I of սիրել (sirel)
Etymology 3
From Old Armenian -ու (-u).
Suffix
-ու • (-u)
- the singular dative case ending of u-declension nouns
- ձիու ― jiu ― dative singular case of ձի (ji)
- մարդու ― mardu ― dative singular case of մարդ (mard)
See also
- -ի (-i)
Old Armenian
Etymology 1
From Proto-Indo-European *-usyā, the feminine form of the participle suffix *-wes. See also -ուք (-ukʿ).
Suffix
-ու • (-u)
- Forming adjectives.
- հատանեմ ― hatanem ― I cut
- հատու ― hatu ― sharp, cutting
- կծանեմ ― kcanem ― I bite
- կծու ― kcu ― tart, pungent
- աղ ― ał ― salt
- աղու ― ału ― agreeable
- հատանեմ ― hatanem ― I cut
Declension
i-a-type
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ու (-u) | -ուք (-ukʿ) | |
| genitive | -ուի (-ui) | -ուաց (-uacʿ) | |
| dative | -ուի (-ui) | -ուաց (-uacʿ) | |
| accusative | -ու (-u) | -ուս (-us) | |
| ablative | -ուէ (-uē) | -ուաց (-uacʿ) | |
| instrumental | -ուաւ (-uaw) | -ուաւք = -ուօք (-uawkʿ = -uōkʿ) | |
| locative | -ուի (-ui) | -ուս (-us) |
Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ու
Descendants
- Armenian: -ու (-u)
Further reading
- Gočanean, Pōłos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʿerakanutʿiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Vienna, Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ու”, 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
Contamination of Proto-Indo-European *-u stem vowel with the *-yo, *-yā suffix.
Suffix
-ու • (-u)
- found in a few words, such as արու (aru), եղջերու (ełǰeru), մեղու (mełu), ուրջու (urǰu)
Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ու
Further reading
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ու”, 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 3
According to Godel, identical with the -ու- (-u-) stem vowel. The remaining stem, standing in contrast to the nominative/accusative singular (which lost its stem), was apt to function as a full-fledged case form.
Suffix
-ու • (-u)
- singular genitive/dative/instrumental/locative marker for u-declension words
- ծովու ― covu ― genitive/dative/instrumental/locative singular of ծով (cov)
Further reading
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 104