Armenian

Suffix

-ից • ‎(-icʿ)

1. the singular and plural ablative case ending of nouns of almost all declension types

   Հայաստանից‎ ― Hayastanicʿ ― ablative singular case of Հայաստան ‎(Hayastan)

   քաղաքից‎ ― kʿałakʿicʿ ― ablative singular case of քաղաք ‎(kʿałakʿ)

   քաղաքներից‎ ― kʿałakʿnericʿ ― ablative plural case of քաղաք ‎(kʿałakʿ)

See also

• -ուց ‎(-ucʿ)

References

• Dum-Tragut, Jasmine (2009) Armenian: Modern Eastern Armenian (London Oriental and African Language Library; 14), Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, page 68

Old Armenian

Etymology

From the stem vowel -ի- ‎(-i-) + -ց ‎(-cʿ, “genitive/dative/ablative case marker”).

Suffix

-ից • ‎(-icʿ)

1. the plural genitive case ending of i-stem nouns

   բանից‎ ― banicʿ ― genitive plural case of բան ‎(ban)

   դեղձից‎ ― dełjicʿ ― genitive plural case of դեղձ ‎(dełj)

2. the plural dative case ending of i-stem nouns

   օրիորդաց‎ ― ōriordacʿ ― dative plural case of բան ‎(ban)

   դեղձից‎ ― dełjicʿ ― dative plural case of դեղձ ‎(dełj)

3. the plural locative case ending of i-stem nouns

   օրիորդաց‎ ― ōriordacʿ ― abaltive plural case of բան ‎(ban)

   դեղձից‎ ― dełjicʿ ― abaltive plural case of դեղձ ‎(dełj)

Related terms

• -աց ‎(-acʿ), -ոց ‎(-ocʿ), -ուց ‎(-ucʿ)