"-ի-" meaning in Old Armenian

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      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "hyx-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*ēs-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Armenian *ēs-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁é-h₁es-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁é-h₁es-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Proto-Armenian *ēs-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é-h₁es-, the old imperfect (past indicative) stem of *h₁ésti (“to be”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-i-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "-ի- • (-i-)",
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Armenian",
  "lang_code": "xcl",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I was hunting",
          "roman": "orsay-i",
          "text": "որսայ-ի",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "they were hunting",
          "roman": "orsay-i-n",
          "text": "որսայ-ի-ն",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I was writing",
          "roman": "gre-i",
          "text": "գրե-ի",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "you were writing",
          "roman": "gre-i-r",
          "text": "գրե-ի-ր",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I was hindering",
          "roman": "argelu-i",
          "text": "արգելու-ի",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "you were hindering",
          "roman": "argelu-i-r",
          "text": "արգելու-ի-ր",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "a vowel characterizing most of the imperfect endings of verbs"
      ],
      "id": "en--ի--xcl-suffix-AsZEJ8hT",
      "related": [
        {
          "roman": "-yr",
          "word": "-յր"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ի-"
}

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        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "hyx-pro",
        "3": "",
        "4": "*ēs-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Armenian *ēs-",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁é-h₁es-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *h₁é-h₁es-",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Proto-Armenian *ēs-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁é-h₁es-, the old imperfect (past indicative) stem of *h₁ésti (“to be”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-i-",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "suffix",
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      },
      "expansion": "-ի- • (-i-)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Armenian",
  "lang_code": "xcl",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "related": [
    {
      "roman": "-yr",
      "word": "-յր"
    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I was hunting",
          "roman": "orsay-i",
          "text": "որսայ-ի",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "they were hunting",
          "roman": "orsay-i-n",
          "text": "որսայ-ի-ն",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I was writing",
          "roman": "gre-i",
          "text": "գրե-ի",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "you were writing",
          "roman": "gre-i-r",
          "text": "գրե-ի-ր",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "I was hindering",
          "roman": "argelu-i",
          "text": "արգելու-ի",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "you were hindering",
          "roman": "argelu-i-r",
          "text": "արգելու-ի-ր",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "a vowel characterizing most of the imperfect endings of verbs"
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ի-"
}