-այք

Old Armenian

Etymology

From -այ (-ay) +‎ -ք (-kʿ). The element -այ (-ay) has different origins: in Iranian borrowings it preserves the stem-vowel -a, e.g. իշխանայք (išxanaykʿ), աշխարհայք (ašxarhaykʿ); in Classical Syriac borrowings it reflects the Classical Syriac ܐ-‎ (-ā) (status emphaticus), e.g. խանութայք (xanutʿaykʿ), հռիտորայք (hṙitoraykʿ), պրակսաւաթայք (praksawatʿaykʿ). Probably influenced by the ending of կանայք (kanaykʿ).

Suffix

-այք • (-aykʿ)

  1. forming collective nouns

Derived terms
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References
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-այք”, 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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