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-ովին
-ովին
Armenian
Suffix
-ովին • (-ovin)
- forming adverbs
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%B6'>Armenian words suffixed with -ովին</a>
Old Armenian
Etymology
From -ով (-ov), which coincides with the ending of instrumental, + -ին (-in) suffix. Alternatively, -ին (-in) may reflect the -i- in Proto-Indo-European *-bʰi followed by a demonstrative element from Proto-Indo-European *-no- > -ն (-n). Compare -եւին (-ewin).
Suffix
-ովին • (-ovin)
- forming adverbs
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Armenian_words_suffixed_with_-%D5%B8%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%B6'>Old Armenian words suffixed with -ովին</a>
References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-ովին”, 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