-muo
See also: muo, muó, and mu'o
Lithuanian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-mō, *-men-; compare Latvian -mens, Old Prussian -men, Proto-Slavic *-mę. From Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥, *-men-, a neuter nominalising suffix. Cognates include Latin -men, Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-ma), Old Armenian -ումն (-umn).
Suffix
-muõ stress pattern 3
- (largely unproductive) Forms singularizing nouns from verbs.
- dė́ti (“put”) → dėmuõ (“component”)
- kéisti (“change”) → kaitmuõ (“inflection”)
- matúoti (“measure”) → matmuõ (“dimension”)
- vaidìnti (“act”) → vaidmuõ (“role, part”)
Declension
declension of -muo
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | -muõ | -menys |
genitive (kilmininkas) | -meñs | -menų̃ |
dative (naudininkas) | -meniui | -menìms |
accusative (galininkas) | -menį | -menis |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | -meniu | -menimìs |
locative (vietininkas) | -menyjè | -menysè |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | -meniẽ | -menys |
Derived terms
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