-ուճ

Armenian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Armenian -ուճ (-uč).

Suffix

-ուճ • (-uč) (dialectal, rare)

  1. Forms result nouns
    ‎թաղկել (tʻaġkel) + ‎-ուճ (-uč) → ‎թաղկուճ (tʻaġkuč)
    ‎կտրել (ktrel) + ‎-ուճ (-uč) → ‎կտրուճ (ktruč)
    ‎բրել (brel) + ‎-ուճ (-uč) → ‎բրուճ (bruč)

Derived terms

Category Armenian terms suffixed with -ուճ not found

Middle Armenian

Etymology

Uncertain. Unattested in Old Armenian. Found only in a few words in Middle Armenian and modern dialects. Compare Georgian -უჭი (-uč̣i) and note the correspondence of պարկուճի (parkuči) ~ პარკუჭი (ṗarḳuč̣i), both of which can be explained with this suffix from պարկ (park) ~ პარკი (ṗarḳi).

Suffix

-ուճ • (-uč)

  1. Forms result nouns
    ‎բրդել (brdel) + ‎-ուճ (-uč) → ‎բրդուճ (brduč)
  2. Forms diminutives from nouns
    Synonym: -ուկ (-uk)
    ‎պարկ (park) + ‎-ուճ (-uč) → ‎պարկուճ (parkuč)

Derived terms

Category Middle Armenian terms suffixed with -ուճ not found

Descendants

  • Armenian: -ուճ (-uč)

Further reading

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987), Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 381, also mentions գդալուճ (gdaluč)
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1989), Žamanakakicʻ hayocʻ lezvi imastabanutʻyun ew baṙakazmutʻyun [Semantics and word-formation of modern Armenian]‎[2] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 310
  • Kapancjan, G. A. (1931–1933), Chetto-Armeniaca (in Russian), Yerevan: State Press, pages 98–99, also mentions թաղլուճ (tʻaġluč)
  • Greppin, John A. C. (1974), “Classical Armenian Nominal Suffixes”, in Handes Amsorya‎[3], volume 88, numbers 7–9, Vienna: Mechitarist Press, § 288, page 360 bizarrely derives պարկուճ (parkuč) from պարիկ (parik, “mermaid”)
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