Old Armenian

Suffix

-ոյ • ‎(-oy)

1. found in few words

Derived terms

References

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ոյ”, 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

Etymology 2

From the Proto-Indo-European thematic singular genitive ending *-osyo, taken over from the pronominal declension. Cognate with Sanskrit -अस्य ‎(-asya), Old Persian [script needed] ‎(-ahyā), Homeric Ancient Greek -οιο ‎(-oio), Old Latin -osio, Faliscan -osio and Lepontic [script needed] ‎(-oiso).

Suffix

-ոյ • ‎(-oy)

1. the genitive singular case ending of o-stem nouns

   գետոյ‎ ― getoy ― genitive singular of գետ ‎(get)

2. the dative singular case ending of o-stem nouns

   գետոյ‎ ― getoy ― dative singular of գետ ‎(get)

3. the ablative singular case ending of o-stem nouns

   գետոյ‎ ― getoy ― dative singular of գետ ‎(get)

References

• Martirosyan, Hrach (2013), “The place of Armenian in the Indo-European language family: the relationship with Greek and Indo-Iranian”, in Journal of Language Relationship, issue 10, § 3.2
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian (pdf), Zagreb, page 18
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 104