-օղ
Old Armenian
Etymology
The original spelling is -աւղ (-awł), from Proto-Indo-European *-tlo-, a thematic form of the Proto-Indo-European *-tel- suffix, with a preceding *-ā or *-ə. Compare ծնօղ (cnōł) from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenətlo-. Cognate with Proto-Slavic *-teljь.
The spelling -ող (-oł) is either an early monophthongized version of -աւղ (-awł) or has another origin, perhaps Proto-Indo-European *-olo-, *olā-; compare the ending of Ancient Greek μαινόλης (mainólēs), φαινόλης (phainólēs).
The endings of ձախող (jaxoł), յաջող (yaǰoł), խճող (xčoł) may be different from this suffix; they may be of Urartian origin.
Suffix
-օղ • (-ōł)
- Forming adjectives and agent nouns from verbs.
Usage notes
Armenian grammarians assign to this a function of a participial suffix. But Old Armenian forms in -օղ (-ōł) are not participles and they do not belong to the conjugation. Old Armenian had only one true participle, formed with -եալ (-eal). In modern Armenian -ող (-oł), indeed, forms participles.
Declension
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -օղ (-ōł) | -օղք (-ōłkʿ) | |
| genitive | -օղի (-ōłi) | -օղաց (-ōłacʿ) | |
| dative | -օղի (-ōłi) | -օղաց (-ōłacʿ) | |
| accusative | -օղ (-ōł) | -օղս (-ōłs) | |
| ablative | -օղէ (-ōłē) | -օղաց (-ōłacʿ) | |
| instrumental | -օղաւ (-ōław) | -օղօք (-ōłōkʿ) | |
| locative | -օղի (-ōłi) | -օղս (-ōłs) |
Derived terms
Descendants
- Armenian: -ող (-oł)
References
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 31
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 37
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-աւղ”, 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