"-ք" meaning in Old Armenian

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Suffix

Forms: -kʻ [romanization]
Etymology: The origin is uncertain. What follows is Matasović’s summary of opinions, word for word (adjusted for Wiktionary style). Some scholars (e.g. Meillet and Godel) take the obvious course and derive it from Proto-Indo-European *-s [the masculine-feminine plural nominative case ending], but the sound development of word final *-s to *-kʿ is not universally accepted, though it may be supported by the development of PIE *treyes (“three”) (Latin trēs) > Arm. երեք (erekʻ), and *kʷetwores > Arm. չորք (čʻorkʻ). Other linguists assume a pronominal particle added to the bare stem, but the origin of that particle has never been explained. A recent hypothesis derives the morpheme *-kʿ- from the agglutinated Proto-Indo-European *dwoh₁ (“two”); it would have been originally a dual marker, subsequently replacing the inherited plural. It is worth noting another possibility, although it is a mere speculation: the plural marker *-kʿ can be regularly derived from *-s-wes, with the ending of the u-stems *-w-es agglutinated to the regular Nom[inative] plural marker *-s (cf. the Vedic agglutinated Nom[inative] pl[ural] in -ās-as, e.g. अश्वासस् (aśvāsas)). Etymology templates: {{unc|xcl|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{der|xcl|ine-pro|*-s}} Proto-Indo-European *-s, {{cog|la|trēs}} Latin trēs, {{der|xcl|ine-pro|*dwóh₁|*dwoh₁|two}} Proto-Indo-European *dwoh₁ (“two”) Head templates: {{head|xcl|suffix|cat2=inflectional suffixes}} -ք • (-kʻ)
  1. plural nominative case marker Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ք-xcl-suffix-Uz3oBEbU Categories (other): Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header: 38 8 16 37
  2. forming names of countries Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ք-xcl-suffix-LzfUj2sI Categories (other): Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header, Pages using catfix, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Old Armenian entries with incorrect language header: 38 8 16 37 Disambiguation of Pages using catfix: 25 18 12 44 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 16 12 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 11 9 52
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        {
          "english": "an Armenian",
          "roman": "hay",
          "text": "հայ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "the Armenians collectively",
          "roman": "haykʻ",
          "text": "հայք",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "Հայք ― Haykʻ ― Armenia, the country of Armenians",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      ],
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ք"
}
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          "english": "the Armenians collectively",
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          "text": "հայք",
          "type": "example"
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          "type": "example"
        }
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        "forming names of countries"
      ],
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