-աշ

Middle Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain.

Suffix

-աշ • (-aš)

  1. Forming adjectives

Usage notes

An unproductive suffix.

Derived terms
Middle Armenian terms suffixed with -աշ

References
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-աշ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48, suspects a borrowing from a substrate language, such as Urartian.
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