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-անք

-անք

Armenian

Suffix

-անք (-ank’)

  1. Forms nouns from verbs.
    քծնելkʿcnel ― to fawn upon
    քծնանքkʿcnankʿ ― servility, cringing
    վիրավորելviravorel ― to insult
    վիրավորանքviravorankʿ ― an insult

Declension

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%84'>Armenian words suffixed with -անք</a>

Old Armenian

Etymology

From the verbal suffix -ան- (-an-) + (-kʿ). Compare աղքատ-ան-ամ (ałkʿat-an-am) > աղքատանք (ałkʿatankʿ), գտ-ան-եմ (gt-an-em) > գտանք (gtankʿ).

Suffix

-անք (-ankʿ)

  1. Forming nouns from verbs.
    աղաչեմałačʿem ― I supplicate, pray
    աղաչանքałačʿankʿ ― supplication, prayer
    կալումkalum ― I take, lay hold of
    կալանքkalankʿ ― arrest

Declension

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A1%D5%B6%D6%84'>Old Armenian words suffixed with -անք</a>

Descendants

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -անք”, 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