-եղէն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From -եղ (-eł) + -էն (-ēn). The latter is either from Iranian *-ēn or from -այն (-ayn), with a dialectal sound change.

Suffix

-եղէն • (-ełēn)

made of, consisting of
հող ― hoł ― earth, soil

հողեղէն ― hołełēn ― earthen

ոսկի ― oski ― gold

ոսկեղէն ― oskełēn ― golden

Declension

i-a-type

	singular	plural
nominative	-եղէն (-ełēn)	-եղէնք (-ełēnkʿ)
genitive	եղինի (ełini)	եղինաց (ełinacʿ)
dative	եղինի (ełini)	եղինաց (ełinacʿ)
accusative	-եղէն (-ełēn)	-եղէնս (-ełēns)
ablative	եղինէ (ełinē)	եղինաց (ełinacʿ)
instrumental	եղինաւ (ełinaw)	եղինաւք = եղինօք (ełinawkʿ = ełinōkʿ)
locative	եղինի (ełini)	-եղէնս (-ełēns)

Synonyms

-եայ (-eay)

Derived terms

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Descendants

Armenian: -եղեն (-ełen)

References

J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-եղէն”, 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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