-նի

նի- Armenian Etymology hy axm -նի, which is a reduced form of the hy xcl -անի. Pronunciation Suffix hy suffix hy Western Armenian colloquial A suffix indicating the plurality of the possessor (our, your, their). hy մատիտնիս our pencil madidnis hy տուներնիս our house or our houses dunernis hy գրիչնիդ your (plural) pen krichnit hy տետրակներնին their notebooks dedragnernin hy ճամբանիս our road jampanis hy ճամբաներնիս our roads jampanernis Usage notes In actual speech and writing, this suffix is never word-final; it is immediately followed by one of the possessive/definite articles: hy -ս (first-person), hy -դ (second-person), or hy -ն (third-person), yielding the composite endings hy -նիս our, hy -նիդ your (pl.), and hy -նին their. It is placed after the stem (or after the plural suffix hy -եր / hy -ներ). It is characteristic of colloquial spoken language. Classical Western Armenian grammar recommends using separate possessive pronouns instead (e.g., hy մեր our hy տուն househy -ը the instead of hy տուներնիս). Old Armenian Etymology Two possibilities exist: (1) from xcl ine-pro *-eiyo- composite suffix, made of ine-pro *-en(o)- + ine-pro *-iyo- or its ine-pro *-niyo- variant with a preceding -i vowel; (2) from the suffix xcl -ուն ի. Suffix xcl suffix found in few adjectives Derived terms xcl References -նի