-եան

Old Armenian Etymology 1 xcl suffix :uder ine-pro:*-iyn̥ ine-pro:*-iHn̥ 1 From xcl ine-pro *-iyn̥, ine-pro *-iHn̥. Suffix xcl suffix forming belonging/affiliation adjectives Derived terms xcl Descendants hy -յան References -եան Etymology 2 Probably from xcl ira und *-yān, a postvocalic variant of the pluralization suffix und *-ān, whence xcl -ան. Alternatively, from Etymology 1, contaminated with the Iranian pluralization suffix. Suffix xcl suffix xcl collectiveforming collectives Derived terms xcl -եան (collective) References -եան Etymology 3 The origin is xcl 1. Perhaps the same with the adjective-forming suffix xcl -եան of Etymology 1. Suffix xcl suffix inflectional suffixes singular genitive/dative/locative case ending for certain verb derivatives, especially those with xcl -ստ, xcl -ունդ, xcl -ուրդ xcl կորստեան genitive/dative/locative singular of xcl կորուստ 1 xcl ամսեան archaic genitive/dative/locative singular of xcl ամիս 1 xcl խորհրդեան genitive/dative/locative singular of xcl խորհուրդ 1 xcl ծննդեան genitive/dative/locative singular of xcl ծնունդ 1 xcl տուընջեան genitive/dative/locative singular of xcl տիւ 1 References 106–107