Dyachronical analysis of levels of word formation in the Old Armenian and Modern Armenian languages shows that certain old Armenian analytic constructions have been transformed into compound words. These, however, have preserved a meaningful plan in the Modern Armenian language, sometimes revealing differences in the semantic plan. The paper examines, through a historical lexicology approach, a set of compound words with the following pattern: noun +verb > verb, and notes that these are the result of a transformation. Transformation, in such cases, is seen as an abstract mechanism of reflection of objective reality, and is characterized by different degrees of abstraction.
Besides, in patterns of analytic constructions, which in Old Armenian exhibit free word combination, the verb base becomes a component of word formation.
Such analytic constructions are:
a) Nominal-verbal structures. In this case nominal-verbal structures have been transformed into compound words like երկիր պագանեմ > երկրպագել, ծունր դնել ծնրադրել //ծնրադրել, ակն ածեմ > ակնածել, խունկ արկանեմ խնկարկել etc.
b) Prepositional structures. In this case prepositional structures have been transformed into compound words, like արկանեմ ի գործ > գործարկել, իւղի արկանեմ > ուղարկել, ի կիր առնում > կիրառել, ի կիր արկանեմ > կիրարկել etc.
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