-ություն

Armenian Etymology From hy xcl -ութիւն. Pronunciation ուչուն prescriptive, almost non-existent in practice: ութ.յուն 0 Suffix suffix -ութիւն Forming abstract and collective nouns, -ity, -ness, -dom, -hood, -y, -ship. hy լուրջ serious -ություն լրջություն seriousness hy ահաբեկիչ terrorist -ություն ահաբեկչություն terrorism hy մտավորական intellectual -ություն մտավորականություն intelligentsia Usage notes This suffix is very productive. The Eastern Armenian pronunciation [uˈt͡sʰjun] developed from [uˈtʰjun] where [tʰ] was palatalized before [j]. According to Dum-Tragut, it is a typical feature of colloquial Armenian, and is also regarded as highly conventional and as being used in public, journalistic language. Declension Derived terms hy References 29