Both Armenian and foreign linguists, including Fr. Arsen Aytinyan, Heinrich Peterman, losef Karst, Manuk Abeghyan, Grigor Ghapantsyan, Aarart Gharibyan, A. Marvalyan, Alexander Margaryan, and Gevorg Jahukyan have examined the etymology of the Armenian modal suffix կ(ը).
The paper critically analyses the various views e...