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-ստան
-ստան
Old Armenian
Alternative forms
- -աստան (-astan)
Suffix
-ստան • (-stan)
- Forming nouns with the meaning of place, especially country names.
Declension
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| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | -ստան (-stan) | -ստանք (-stankʿ) | |
| genitive | -ստանի (-stani) | -ստանաց (-stanacʿ) | |
| dative | -ստանի (-stani) | -ստանաց (-stanacʿ) | |
| accusative | -ստան (-stan) | -ստանս (-stans) | |
| ablative | -ստանէ (-stanē) | -ստանաց (-stanacʿ) | |
| instrumental | -ստանաւ (-stanaw) | -ստանաւք = -ստանօք (-stanawkʿ = -stanōkʿ) | |
| locative | -ստանի (-stani) | -ստանս (-stans) |
Derived terms
Category Old Armenian words suffixed with -ստան not found
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References
- J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), “-(ա)ստան”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48