-ներ

ներ ներ- Armenian Etymology From a compound suffix composed of the reflexes of hy axm -նի and hy xcl -եար, the latter of which being the ancestor of hy -եր. Dialectally, other such compound plural suffixes exist, which have either died off or merely never existed in the dialects underlying the standard languages. Pronunciation Suffix hy suffix inflectional suffixes plural nominative case marker for polysyllabic words hy աղջիկներ nominative plural of hy աղջիկ 1 hy Eastern Armenian marking the number of the possessive article as plural hy -նի Western Armenian t hy քար<t:stone> -ներ -ս<gloss:1SG possessive article> քարներս<t:our stone> Usage notes This suffix does not trigger elision of hy ի and hy ու, with few exceptions such as hy երկիր երկրներ for hy երկիր. See also hy -եր