-աւէտ

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See also: աւէտ and աւետ

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Iranian *-vaita; compare Khotanese [script needed] (-vīya). Relation with աւետեմ (awetem) is unlikely.

Suffix[edit]

-աւէտ (-awēt)

  1. Adjectival suffix.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: -ավետ (-avet)

References[edit]

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-աւէտ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48