Old Armenian

Suffix

-եայ • ‎(-eay)

1. made or consisting of; -en

   մետաքս‎ ― metakʿs ― silk

   մետաքսեայ‎ ― metakʿseay ― silken

   եղէգն‎ ― ełēgn ― cane, reed

   եղեգնեայ‎ ― ełegneay ― made of cane

   երեք ամ‎ ― erekʿ am ― three years

   երեքամեայ‎ ― erekʿameay ― consisting of three years

2. belonging to some group

   պաշտօն‎ ― paštōn ― office, position, employment

   պաշտօնեայ‎ ― paštōneay ― clerk, official, minister

   փախուստ‎ ― pʿaxust ― flight, escape

   փախստեայ‎ ― pʿaxsteay ― fugitive

   քրիստոնեայ‎ ― kʿristoneay ― Christian

   հրեայ‎ ― hreay ― Jew

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: -յա ‎(-ya)

References

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-եայ”, 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