-աք

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from the stem vowel -a- + Proto-Indo-European *-k(o)- suffix. The -ք- (-kʻ-) in ներքին (nerkʻin), ներքոյ (nerkʻoy) is probably of the same origin. Compare -ոք (-okʻ), հերիք (herikʻ).

Suffix[edit]

-աք (-akʻ)

  1. A suffix found in թանաք (tʻanakʻ), սլաք (slakʻ) and probably արտաքին (artakʻin), արտաքս (artakʻs).

Derived terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-աք”, 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