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ակ Appendix:Variations of "ak"
Armenian
Etymology
hy :inh xcl:-ակ
From hy xcl -ակ.
Pronunciation
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Suffix
suffix hy diminutive suffixes
forming diminutives
hy -իկ -ուկ
hy գետակ rivulet 1
hy տնակ little house 1
forming names of things (tools) or people performing some action
hy սուզակ diver 1
hy սահնակ sled, sleigh 1
forming names of animals and plants
hy թավրնջակ primrose 1
hy սրընչակ shrew 1
Derived terms
hy
Old Armenian
Etymology
From xcl ira-mid und *-ak, from xcl ira-pro *-akah. Compare also oge -აკი.
According to Asatrian, the agent-noun-forming suffix is etymologically distinct and is borrowed from xcl ira-mid und *-āk. According to him, it is found in the following wholly borrowed terms: xcl դերձակ, xcl վարձակ, xcl պատմուճակ, xcl նուիրակ and perhaps xcl աւազակ.
Suffix
xcl suffixxcl diminutive suffixes
forming diminutives from nominal stems
xcl աթոռ chair 1
xcl աթոռակ small chair 1
xcl նաւ ship 1
xcl նաւակ boat 1
forming agent nouns from verbal stems
xcl գտանեմ to find, invent 1
xcl գտակ inventor 1
xcl լողամ to swim 1
xcl լողակ swimmer 1
forming adjectives
xcl բոլորակ circular 1
forming nouns from verbs
xcl է is 1
xcl էակ being 1
forming nouns from adjectives, adverbs and pronouns
xcl քանի how many? 1
xcl քանակ quantity 1
Declension
Synonyms
diminutive xcl -իկ, xcl -ուկ
Derived terms
xcl
Related terms
xcl աւերակ հրովարտակ նշանակ -անդակ վարշամակ մշակ զուարակ
Descendants
hy -ակ
oge -აკი on 1 or directly from Iranian
Further reading
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