-muo

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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

  1. (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 -muõ
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
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

Lithuanian terms suffixed with -muo
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