-ունի

Old Armenian

Etymology 1

From -ուն (-un) +‎ -ի (-i).

Suffix

-ունի • (-uni)

  1. forming adjectives
    ծերունի ― ceruni ― aged, old
    խնամունի ― xnamuni ― kindred
Declension
Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ունի

Etymology 2

Probably of Urartian origin.

Suffix

-ունի • (-uni)

  1. denoting a member of a specified dynasty or family
    Արշակ ― Aršak ― Arsaces
    Արշակունի ― Aršakuni ― Arsacid
    Բագրատ ― Bagrat ― Bagrat
    Բագրատունի ― Bagratuni ― Bagratid
Declension
Derived terms
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ունի

References

  • Gočanean, Pōġos (2011) Dasakan grabari gorcnakan kʻerakanutʻiwn [Practical Grammar of Classical Old Armenian]‎ (in Armenian), Vienna and Yerevan: Mekhitarist Press, page 84
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 441–442
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ունի”, 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
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