Armenian

Suffix

-իչ • ‎(-ičʿ)

1. Added to verbs to form agent nouns with the sense of "person or thing which does the verb". It is often equivalent to the English suffix -er.
2. Added to nouns to form nouns denoting occupations. It is often equivalent to the English suffix -er.

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• -ուչ ‎(-učʿ)

Etymology

From the stem vowel -ի- ‎(-i-) + Proto-Indo-European *-kiā-, from *-k- + *-iā-. Compare Old Church Slavonic которичь ‎(kotoričĭ, “quarrelsome”).

Suffix

-իչ • ‎(-ičʿ)

1. forming agent nouns

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: -իչ ‎(-ičʿ)

References

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-իչ, -ուչ”, 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 66