-ուց

• (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [-ut͡sʰ]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [-ut͡sʰ]

-ուց • (-ucʻ)

1. the singular ablative case ending of u-declension nouns

   մարդուց ― marducʻ ― ablative singular case of մարդ (mard)

   ձիուց ― jiucʻ ― ablative singular case of ձի (ji)

• -ից (-icʻ)

From Old Armenian -ուց (-ucʻ).

-ուց • (-ucʻ)

1. forming nouns

From the stem vowel -u- + Proto-Indo-European *-sko- suffix, later applied to other stems. See also -ուցք (-ucʻkʻ).

-ուց • (-ucʻ)

1. forming nouns

• Middle Armenian: -ուց (-ucʻ)

• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ուց”, 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

From the stem vowel -ու- (-u-) + -ց (-cʻ, “genitive/dative/ablative case marker”).

-ուց • (-ucʻ)

1. the plural genitive case ending of u-stem nouns

   ծովուց ― covucʻ ― genitive plural case of ծով (cov)

   արջուց ― arǰucʻ ― genitive plural case of արջ (arǰ)

2. the plural dative case ending of u-stem nouns

   ծովուց ― covucʻ ― dative plural case of ծով (cov)

   արջուց ― arǰucʻ ― dative plural case of արջ (arǰ)

3. the plural ablative case ending of u-stem nouns

   ծովուց ― covucʻ ― ablative plural case of ծով (cov)

   արջուց ― arǰucʻ ― ablative plural case of արջ (arǰ)

• -ից (-icʻ), -աց (-acʻ), -ոց (-ocʻ)