-իչ
Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian -իչ (-ičʿ).
Suffix
-իչ • (-ičʿ)
- Added to verbs to form agent nouns with the sense of "person or thing which does the verb". It is often equivalent to the English suffix -er.
- Added to nouns to form nouns denoting occupations. It is often equivalent to the English suffix -er.
Derived terms
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Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- -ուչ (-učʿ)
Etymology
From the stem vowel -ի- (-i-) + Proto-Indo-European *-kyā-, from *-k- + *-yā-. Compare Old Church Slavonic которичь (kotoričĭ, “quarrelsome”).
Suffix
-իչ • (-ičʿ)
- forming agent nouns
Declension
Derived terms
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Descendants
- Armenian: -իչ (-ičʿ)
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ուչ -իչ, -ուչ”, 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
- Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 66
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