"-ու" meaning in Old Armenian

See -ու in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: From Proto-Indo-European *-usyā, the feminine form of the participle suffix *-wes. See also -ուք (-ukʻ). Etymology templates: {{inh|xcl|ine-pro|*-usyā}} Proto-Indo-European *-usyā, {{m|ine-pro|*-wes}} *-wes, {{m|xcl|-ուք}} -ուք (-ukʻ) Head templates: {{head|xcl|suffix|head=|sort=ու|tr=}} -ու • (-u), {{xcl-suffix|sort=ու}} -ու • (-u) Inflection templates: {{xcl-decl-noun|-ու|11=-ուաց|13=-ու|15=-ուս|17=-ուէ|19=-ուաց|21=-ուաւ|23=-ուաւք = -ուօք|25=-ուի|27=-ուս|3=-ուք|5=-ուի|7=-ուաց|9=-ուի|note=|type=i-a-type}} Forms: -u [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], -ու [nominative, singular], -ուք [nominative, plural], -ուի [genitive, singular], -ուաց [genitive, plural], -ուի [dative, singular], -ուաց [dative, plural], -ու [accusative, singular], -ուս [accusative, plural], -ուէ [ablative, singular], -ուաց [ablative, plural], -ուաւ [instrumental, singular], -ուաւք = -ուօք (-uawkʻ = -uōkʻ) [instrumental, plural], -ուի [locative, singular], -ուս [locative, plural]
  1. Forming adjectives. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ու-xcl-suffix-Zz7kCCQp Categories (other): Old Armenian links with redundant wikilinks, Old Armenian terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Old Armenian terms with redundant sortkeys: 67 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Suffix

Forms: -u [romanization]
Etymology: Contamination of Proto-Indo-European *-u stem vowel with the *-yo, *-yā suffix. Etymology templates: {{inh|xcl|ine-pro|*-u}} Proto-Indo-European *-u, {{m|ine-pro|*-yo}} *-yo, {{m|ine-pro|*-yā}} *-yā Head templates: {{head|xcl|suffix|head=|sort=ու|tr=}} -ու • (-u), {{xcl-suffix|sort=ու}} -ու • (-u)
  1. found in a few words, such as արու (aru), եղջերու (ełǰeru), մեղու (mełu), ուրջու (urǰu) Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ու-xcl-suffix-tnn5RuTh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Suffix

Forms: -u [romanization]
Etymology: According to Godel, identical with the -ու- (-u-) stem vowel. The remaining stem, standing in contrast to the nominative/accusative singular (which lost its stem), was apt to function as a full-fledged case form. Etymology templates: {{m|xcl||-ու-}} -ու- (-u-) Head templates: {{head|xcl|suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes}} -ու • (-u)
  1. singular genitive/dative/instrumental/locative marker for u-declension words Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ու-xcl-suffix-MJtzq18i
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Download JSON data for -ու meaning in Old Armenian (5.9kB)

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      "form": "xcl-noun-ի-ա",
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        "plural"
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        "singular"
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      "form": "-ուս",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "english": "I cut",
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          "text": "հատանեմ",
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        {
          "english": "sharp, cutting",
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          "text": "հատու",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "I bite",
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          "text": "կծանեմ",
          "type": "example"
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          "english": "tart, pungent",
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          "text": "կծու",
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          "english": "salt",
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          "text": "աղ",
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        "found in a few words, such as արու (aru), եղջերու (ełǰeru), մեղու (mełu), ուրջու (urǰu)"
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        "plural"
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    },
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          "text": "հատանեմ",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "sharp, cutting",
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          "text": "հատու",
          "type": "example"
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        {
          "english": "I bite",
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          "text": "կծանեմ",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "english": "tart, pungent",
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          "text": "կծու",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "salt",
          "roman": "ał",
          "text": "աղ",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "english": "agreeable",
          "roman": "ału",
          "text": "աղու",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Forming adjectives."
      ],
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        "head": "",
        "sort": "ու",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "-ու • (-u)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "sort": "ու"
      },
      "expansion": "-ու • (-u)",
      "name": "xcl-suffix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Armenian",
  "lang_code": "xcl",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "found in a few words, such as արու (aru), եղջերու (ełǰeru), մեղու (mełu), ուրջու (urǰu)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "արու",
          "արու#Old Armenian"
        ],
        [
          "եղջերու",
          "եղջերու#Old Armenian"
        ],
        [
          "մեղու",
          "մեղու#Old Armenian"
        ],
        [
          "ուրջու",
          "ուրջու#Old Armenian"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ու"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header",
    "Old Armenian inflectional suffixes",
    "Old Armenian lemmas",
    "Old Armenian suffixes"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "",
        "3": "-ու-"
      },
      "expansion": "-ու- (-u-)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "According to Godel, identical with the -ու- (-u-) stem vowel. The remaining stem, standing in contrast to the nominative/accusative singular (which lost its stem), was apt to function as a full-fledged case form.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-u",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "xcl",
        "2": "suffix",
        "cat2": "inflectional suffixes"
      },
      "expansion": "-ու • (-u)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Armenian",
  "lang_code": "xcl",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Armenian terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "ծովու ― covu ― genitive/dative/instrumental/locative singular of ծով (cov)",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "singular genitive/dative/instrumental/locative marker for u-declension words"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ու"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Armenian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.