Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ьmo

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

Compare with Old Lithuanian -imas and Lithuanian -imas.

Suffix

*-ьmo n

Deverbal, from the root, forming nouns.
*derǫ̀ (“to tear, flay”) → *derьmò
*kurìti (“to smoke”) → *kũrьmo
*pišǫ̀ (“to write”) → *pisьmò
*pově̀siti (“to hang”) → *pově̀sьmo
*oràti (“to plough”) → *orьmò
Deadjectival, from the root, forming noun.
*bě̀lъ (“white”) (or verb *bě̀liti?) → *bě̀lьmo
Deverbal, from the root, forming adverbs.
*darìti → *darьmò

Declension

Declension of *-ьmo (hard o-stem)

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	*-ьmo	*-ьmě	*-ьma
Accusative	*-ьmo	*-ьmě	*-ьma
Genitive	*-ьma	*-ьmu	*-ьmъ
Locative	*-ьmě	*-ьmu	*-ьměxъ
Dative	*-ьmu	*-ьmoma	*-ьmomъ
Instrumental	-ьmъmь, -ьmomь^*	*-ьmoma	*-ьmy
Vocative	*-ьmo	*-ьmě	*-ьma

^* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

Derived terms

Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ьmo

Descendants

East Slavic:
- Old East Slavic:
  - Russian: -мо (-mo)
  - Ukrainian: -мо (-mo)

References

Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělьmo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 86
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*darьmo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 192
Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*derьmo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 214
Trubachyov, Oleg, Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orьmo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological Dictionary of Slavic Languages] (in Russian), issue 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 234