-ենի

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian -ենի (-eni).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ենի • (-eni)

  1. forming names of trees and shrubs
    ծիրանենիciraneniapricot tree
    տանձենիtanjenipear tree
  2. forming names of furs
    կղբենիkġbenibeaver fur

Declension

Derived terms

Armenian terms suffixed with -ենի

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ենի (-eni).

Suffix

-ենի • (-eni)

  1. forming names of trees and shrubs

Derived terms

Middle Armenian terms suffixed with -ենի

Descendants

  • Armenian: -ենի (-eni)

Old Armenian

Etymology

Probably from -եան (-ean) + (-i). The tree-name forming suffix may be of Urartian origin.

Suffix

-ենի • (-eni)

  1. forming adjectives
    հայրhayrfather
    հայրենիhayrenipaternal
  2. forming names of trees and shrubs
    լաստենիlastenialder tree
    ձիթենիjitʻeniolive tree
  3. forming names of furs
    աղուէսałuēsfox
    աղուեսենիałuesenifox fur

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ենի

Descendants

References

  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 84
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ենի”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48
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