-իչ

Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Armenian -իչ (-ičʻ), from Old Armenian -իչ (-ičʻ).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /it͡ʃʰ/, [it͡ʃʰ]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /it͡ʃ/, [it͡ʃʰ]

Suffix

-իչ • (-ičʻ)

1. forming agent nouns, -er

Derived terms

Armenian terms suffixed with -իչ

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -իչ (-ičʻ).

Suffix

-իչ • (-ičʻ)

1. forming agent nouns, -er

Derived terms

Middle Armenian terms suffixed with -իչ

Descendants

• Armenian: -իչ (-ičʻ)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• -ուչ (-učʻ)

Etymology

From the stem vowel -ի- (-i-) + Proto-Indo-European *-kyā-, from *-k- + *-yā-. Compare Old Church Slavonic которичь (kotoričĭ, “quarrelsome”).

Suffix

-իչ • (-ičʻ)

1. forming agent nouns, -er

Declension

i-a-type

	singular		plural
nominative	-իչ (-ičʻ)		-իչք (-ičʻkʻ)
genitive	-չի (-čʻi)		-չաց (-čʻacʻ)
dative	-չի (-čʻi)		-չաց (-čʻacʻ)
accusative	-իչ (-ičʻ)		-իչս (-ičʻs)
ablative	-չէ (-čʻē)		-չաց (-čʻacʻ)
instrumental	-չաւ (-čʻaw)		-չաւք = -չօք (-čʻawkʻ = -čʻōkʻ)
locative	-չի (-čʻi)		-իչս (-ičʻs)

Derived terms

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -իչ

Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ուչ

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: -իչ (-ičʻ)
  • Armenian: -իչ (-ičʻ)

Further reading

• Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎^[1] (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 65
• Godel, Robert (1975) An introduction to the study of classical Armenian, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 66
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-իչ”, 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