-ացու

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ացու (-acʿu).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ացու (-acʿu)

  1. Destined for, intended for.
    միսmismeat
    մսացուmsacʿuintended for slaughter

Declension

Derived terms

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From the stem element -աց (-acʿ) + -ու (-u), later spread to words without the -աց (-acʿ) stem. Compare աչաց (ačʿacʿ, genitive-dative of աչք (ačʿkʿ)) and աչացու (ačʿacʿu), կենդանաց- (kendanacʿ-, the aorist stem of կենդանանամ (kendananam)) and կենդանացու (kendanacʿu).

Suffix

-ացու (-acʿu)

  1. Destined for, intended for.
    հարսնharsna newlywed
    հարսնացուharsnacʿufiancée
    ապականapakancorrupted
    ապականացուapakanacʿucorruptable

Declension

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -ացու”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48
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