Eastern Armenian question: What does the "ի" at the end of the word means?
Like հացուստ vs հացուստի
or
փողոցա vs փողոցի ?

Thanks!

Question

Eastern Armenian question: What does the "ի" at the end of the word means?
Like հացուստ vs հացուստի
or
փողոցա vs փողոցի ?

Thanks!

Answer

Thanks Lilit. Very good. I saw a similar pair with հագուստի-խանութ and others.
Thanks again!

Answer

it is difficult to explain by Armenian grammar, I'll try to explain on examples.

հագուստ = clothing
when we want to say "part of the clothing" we say "հագուստի մաս" that is we mentioned the affiliation
or
փողոց-street
on the corner of the street-փողոցի անկյունում
 or
Lilit-Լիլիթ
Lilit's bag-Լիլիթի պայուսակը, that is the bag belongs to Lilit

if there are any questions, feel free to ask...

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