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-աստ

-ստ

See also: Appendix:Variations of "st"

Old Armenian

Suffix

-ստ (-st)

  1. Forming few action nouns. These action nouns may later become an adjective.
    գովեմgovem ― I praise
    գովեստgovest ― praise
    իմանամimanam ― I know
    իմաստimast ― meaning
    կորուսանեմkorusanem ― I lose
    կորուստkorust ― loss
    հանգչիմhangčʿim ― I repose
    հանգիստhangist ― repose
    ուտեմutem ― I eat
    ուտեստutest ― food
    ուրանամuranam ― I deny, disavow
    ուրաստurast ― denial, negation, disavowal

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%BD%D5%BF'>Old Armenian words suffixed with -ստ</a>

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), “Haykakankʿ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 671–673
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -(ա)ստ”, 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