-ություն

Etymology
From.

Suffix

 * , -ity, -ness, -dom, -hood, -y, -ship.

Usage notes

 * This suffix is very productive.
 * The Eastern Armenian pronunciation developed from  where  was palatalized before . According to Dum-Tragut, it is a typical feature of colloquial Armenian, and is also regarded as highly conventional and as being used in public, journalistic language.