-ին

Old Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-enos and partly perhaps from the *-iHnos suffix, variants of *-nós.

Suffix

-ին • (-in)

  1. forming adjectives with the meaning of location
    ստորին ― storin ― lower
    առաջին ― aṙaǰin ― first
    արտաքին ― artakʻin ― external
  2. forming adjectives
    լռին ― lṙin ― taciturn, silent
    ջերին ― ǰerin ― warm
    դիւրին ― diwrin ― easy
    խրթին ― xrtʻin ― obscure, dark
    խորին ― xorin ― deep
    մթին ― mtʻin ― dark
  3. forming adverbs
    ինքնին ― inkʻnin ― by himself/herself/itself

Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ին

References
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ին”, 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 = J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “-ին²”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 807a
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