ունակ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian ունակ (unak).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ունակ (unak) (superlative ամենաունակ)

  1. able, capable
    նա ունակ չէ դա անելna unak čʿē da anelhe is not capable of doing that
  2. (as a suffix) forming adjectives, e.g. պարզունակ (parzunak)

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology

From ունիմ (unim) + -ակ (-ak). As a suffix perhaps contaminated with Middle Iranian adjective-forming suffix *-nāk.

Adjective

ունակ (unak)

  1. having, containing
  2. (as a suffix) forming adjectives, e.g. բնակունակ (bnakunak), լուսունակ (lusunak)

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), ունակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), ունակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -ունակ”, 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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