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-նոց

-անոց

Armenian

Suffix

-անոց (-anocʿ)

  1. Forms a noun with the meaning of place. Corresponds to English -ery.

Derived terms

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From -ան (-an) + -ոց (-ocʿ). The -ան (-an) has different origins: it is a part of the stem in ամարանոց (amaranocʿ), ձմերանոց (jmeranocʿ), կողմանոց (kołmanocʿ), possibly the pluralization suffix -ան (-an) in Iranian borrowings such as աշակերտանոց (ašakertanocʿ), աւազականոց (awazakanocʿ), երիտասարդանոց (eritasardanocʿ).

Suffix

-անոց (-anocʿ)

  1. forming nouns of places or containers

Declension

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -անոց”, 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