-ունք
See also: ունք
Old Armenian
Etymology
Abstracted away from the plural ending of n-type nouns: թոռն (tʿoṙn) - թոռունք (tʿoṙunkʿ), հարսն (harsn) - հարսունք (harsunkʿ), ողն (ołn) - ողունք (ołunkʿ) from Proto-Indo-European *-on-es. See also -ինք (-inkʿ).
Suffix
-ունք • (-unkʿ)
- forming collective nouns
- forming abstract nouns
Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ունք
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ունք”, 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