Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• -բ ‎(-b)
• -վ ‎(-v)

Suffix

-ւ • ‎(-w)

1. instrumental case marker

Usage notes

-ւ ‎(-w) applied to i- and i-a-stems, -վ ‎(-v) to o-stems, -բ ‎(-b) to ł-, r- and n-stems. The marker dropped reuglarly after ու ‎(u) in u-stems, e.g. զարդ ‎(zard) : instrumental զարդու ‎(zardu).

Derived terms

• -ով ‎(-ov), -ովք ‎(-ovkʿ)
• -աւ ‎(-aw), -օք ‎(-ōkʿ)
• -իւ ‎(-iw), -իւք ‎(-iwkʿ)

Related terms

• -եւ ‎(-ew)

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, § 3.3
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 103
• Matasović, Ranko (2009) A Grammatical Sketch of Classical Armenian (pdf), Zagreb