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-ատ
-ատ
See also: -ատ- and Appendix:Variations of "at"
Old Armenian
Etymology 1
Probably of Proto-Indo-European origin and cognate with Sanskrit -अद्- (-ad-), Avestan [script needed] (-əδ-), Ancient Greek -αδ- (-ad-). Compare Sanskrit दृषद् (dṛṣad, “rock”), Ancient Greek δειράς (deirás, “ridge of a chain of hills”), genitive δειράδος (deirádos).
Suffix
-ատ • (-at)
- Found in արմատ (armat), հաստատ (hastat) and perhaps աղքատ (ałkʿat), անքատ (ankʿat), փինատ (pʿinat).
Etymology 2
From the root of հատանեմ (hatanem, “to cut”), with the loss of h-. Compare the pair փայտահատ (pʿaytahat) : փայտատ (pʿaytat).
Suffix
-ատ • (-at)
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%A1%D5%BF'>Old Armenian words suffixed with -ատ</a>
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ատ”, 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