-ցի

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ցի (-cʻi).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ցի • (-cʻi)

  1. Denoting persons originating from a certain place.
    եվրոպացի ― evropacʻi ― European
    ֆրանսիացի ― fransiacʻi ― Frenchman
    արտասահմանցի ― artasahmancʻi ― foreigner

Declension

Derived terms

Armenian terms suffixed with -ցի
Armenian terms suffixed with -ացի

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-skiyo-, composed of the suffixes *-sko- and *-iyo-.

Suffix

-ցի • (-cʻi)

  1. Forming adjectives.
    խելք ― xelkʻ ― brains
    խելացի ― xelacʻi ― intelligent
  2. Denoting persons originating from a certain place.
    Քանան ― Kʻanan ― Canaan
    քանանացի ― kʻananacʻi ― Canaanite
    Հռովմ ― Hṙovm ― Rome
    հռովմայեցի ― hṙovmayecʻi ― Roman
    Փարպի ― Pʻarpi ― Parpi (a village in Armenia)
    փարպեցի ― pʻarpecʻi ― someone from Parpi
  3. Forming adverbs.
    մուրց ― murcʻ ― fist
    մուրցացի ― murcʻacʻi ― with the fists
    աք ― akʻ ― leg
    աքացի ― akʻacʻi ― with legs

Declension

Derived terms

Category Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ցի not found
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -ացի
Old Armenian terms suffixed with -եցի

Descendants

  • Armenian: -ցի (-cʻi)

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ացի, -եցի, -ցի”, 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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