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-ակ

-ակ

See also: ակ and Appendix:Variations of "ak"

Armenian

Suffix

-ակ (-ak)

  1. forming diminutives
    գետակgetak ― rivulet
    տնակtnak ― little house
  2. forming names of things (tools) or people performing some action
    սուզակsuzak ― diver
    սահնակsahnak ― sled, sleigh

Synonyms

Derived terms

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Iranian *-ak, *-āk. Compare Middle Persian -k' (-ag), Persian ـه (-e). The suffix in its agent-noun-forming function is found in the following wholly borrowed terms: դերձակ (derjak), վարձակ (varjak), պատմուճակ (patmučak), նուիրակ (nuirak) and perhaps աւազակ (awazak).

Suffix

-ակ (-ak)

  1. forming diminutives from nominal stems
    աթոռatʿoṙ ― chair
    աթոռակatʿoṙak ― small chair
    նաւnaw ― ship
    նաւակnawak ― boat
  2. forming agent nouns from verbal stems
    գտանեմgtanem ― to find, invent
    գտակgtak ― inventor
    լողամlołam ― to swim
    լողակlołak ― swimmer
  3. forming adjectives
    բոլորակbolorak ― circular
  4. forming nouns from verbs
    էē ― is
    էակēak ― being
  5. forming nouns from adjectives, adverbs and pronouns
    քանիkʿani ― how many?
    քանակkʿanak ― quantity

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • Armenian: -ակ (-ak)

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -ակ”, 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
  • Asatrjan, G. S. (2013), “Parfjanskoje gōsān [Parthian gōsān]”, in Toxtasʹjev S. R., Lurʹje P. B., editors, Commentationes Iranicae. Sbornik statej k 90-letiju Vladimira Aronoviča Livšica (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Nestor-Istorija, ISBN 978-5-4469-0127-2, page 103