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Dutch
Suffix
-ums
- plural of -um
Synonyms
Latgalian
Etymology
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-mas. Cognates include Latvian -ums and Lithuanian -umas.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-ums
- Used to form resultative nouns from verbs: -ion
Declension
Declension of -ums (type 1 noun)
Derived terms
Latvian
Etymology
From Proto-Baltic *-umas, possibly from an earlier suffix *-ma(s) added to a u-stem (e.g., Lithuanian saugùs (“safe, sure”), saugù-mas), from which the u was reinterpreted as part of the suffix and then extended to other stems. Cognate with Lithuanian -umas.[1]
Suffix
-ums
- Added to adjectives to form nouns indicating a state of being, similar to (and frequently corresponding to) English -ness, -ence, -tion.
- Added to verbs to form nouns indicating an object produced by the action described by the verb.
Derived terms
References
- ^ Forssman, Berthold. 2001. Lettische Grammatik (Dettelbach: Verlag J. H. Röll GmbH) →ISBN, page 258.