"-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 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
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 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 Categories (other): Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Old Armenian terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header: 14 3 35 5 31 12 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 22 11 67 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 6 35 5 34 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 4 39 3 38 11 Disambiguation of Old Armenian terms with redundant sortkeys: 40 60
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. 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 Categories (other): Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header: 14 3 35 5 31 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 6 35 5 34 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 4 39 3 38 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3
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      "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",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "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"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Old Armenian dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-02-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-02-02 using wiktextract (9e2b7d3 and f2e72e5). 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.

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