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-աւոր

-աւոր

Middle Armenian

Suffix

-աւոր (-awor)

  1. forming adjectives

Derived terms

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the stem vowel *-ā/ə- + Proto-Indo-European *-bʰorā, an ablaut of *bʰer-, whence բերեմ (berem). Later the stem vowel was interpreted as the interfix -ա- (-a-) and the suffix was applied to other stems.

Suffix

-աւոր (-awor)

  1. forming adjectives, with the meaning “possessing, related to”
    ահah ― fear
    ահաւորahawor ― frightful, terrible
    վտանգvtang ― danger
    վտանգաւորvtangawor ― dangerous
    զէնzēn ― weapon
    զինուորzinuor ― soldier
    ձայնjayn ― voice
    ձայնաւորjaynawor ― vowel

Declension

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -աւոր”, 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 74