-իմ

See also: իմ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Disputed. Proposals include Proto-Indo-European *-yéti and *-éh₁yeti. Synchronically analyzable as stem vowel -ի- (-i-) + -մ (-m).

Suffix

-իմ • (-im)

  1. first-person singular present active indicative ending of i-conjugation verbs
    հայիմ ― hayim ― I watch
  2. forming the mediopassive of e-conjugation verbs
    բերիմ ― berim ― I am carried

See also

References
  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 391–392
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