-իւն

Old Armenian Etymology From the xcl ine-pro *-yōn- suffix. Compare la regiō, genitive la regiōnis. Perhaps partly contaminated with xcl ine-pro *-mno- adverbial formations, as shown by the parallels xcl գոչիւն / xcl գոչումն, xcl լալիւն / xcl լալումն. Suffix xcl suffix forming nouns related to the notion of sound, noise, and often having onomatopoeic origin xcl գոչիւն clamour, cry 1 xcl թնդիւն sound, noise 1 xcl շառաչիւն clang, clatter 1 found in few other words, of opaque function the etymology may be different xcl արիւն blood 1 xcl անկիւն angle 1 xcl աւիւն fury 1 xcl աճիւն ashes 1 xcl արդիւն production 1 xcl հերիւն bodkin; awl, pricker 1 Usage notes Nouns formed with this suffix (in the first sense) are indeclinable. Derived terms xcl Descendants hy -յուն References -իւն