Armenian

Suffix

-դ • ‎(-d)

1. a possessive suffix marking 2nd person possession

   գիրքդ‎ ― girkʿd ― your book

   գնալդ‎ ― gnald ― your going

   ձեռքերովդ‎ ― jeṙkʿerovd ― with your hands

   1. co-occurs with postpositions in pseudo-possessive meaning identifying the location in the 2nd person

      մոտդ‎ ― motd ― with you/at you/near you

      վրադ‎ ― vrad ― on you

2. a personal suffix used to refer to the 2nd person as an agent; found in idioms and certain constructions

   դու ինքդ‎ ― du inkʿd ― you yourself

   Դուք՝ առաջավորներդ, պիտի օգնեք մեզ՝ ետ մնացողներիս։‎

   Dukʿ, aṙaǰavornerd, piti ōgnekʿ mez, et mnacʿołneris.

   You, the advanced ones, have to help us, the backward ones.

See also

• -ս ‎(-s)

References

• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, pages 112–116

Old Armenian

Etymology

From *դո- ‎(*do-).

Suffix

-դ • ‎(-d)

1. this, that (near the second person)

   կորուսեր զհոգիդ եւ զինչսդ‎ ― koruser zhogid ew zinčʿsd ― you have lost your soul and your property

   արձակեա՛ զժողովուրդդ‎ ― arjakeá zžołovurdd ― let this or the people go!

   որ խոսիդ ընդ քեզ‎ ― or xosid ənd kʿez ― he who talks to you

2. (personal pronoun) thou, thee, you

   սուրբդ սրբոց‎ ― surbd srbocʿ ― you who are the holy of holy ones

Usage notes

-ս ‎(-s), -դ ‎(-d) and -ն ‎(-n) form a three-way deictic contrast. -s shows an object close to the speaker, -d close to the second person, -n close to the third person.

Descendants

• Armenian: -դ ‎(-d)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “դ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “դ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 107