-men
English edit
Etymology edit
Suffix edit
-men
Basque edit
Etymology edit
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Suffix edit
-men
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “-men” in Labayru Hiztegia
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-men n (genitive -minis); third declension
- forms neuter nouns of the third declension, generally with senses along the lines of 'a means of doing something'
Usage notes edit
Nouns ending in the suffix -men are often derived from verbs. Derivatives of first-conjugation verbs end in -āmen and derivatives of fourth-conjugation verbs end in -īmen (examples: lībrāmen from lībrā-, the present stem of lībrō (“I balance, poise”); mūnīmen (“defense, fortification”) from mūnī-, the present stem of mūniō (“I fortify”)). Derivatives of second- and third-conjugation verbs show more complicated formations depending on the stem involved. Derivatives of nouns or adjectives show some variation: some end in -āmen (such as linteāmen, oleāmen, pinguāmen from linteum, oleum, pinguis) while others end in -ūmen (such as albūmen, caldūmen from albus, caldus).
Compare the related suffix -mentum; for some nouns ending in -men, there is a corresponding noun ending in -mentum with a similar meaning, such as vēlāmen (“covering”) and vēlāmentum (“covering”).
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | -men | -mina |
Genitive | -minis | -minum |
Dative | -minī | -minibus |
Accusative | -men | -mina |
Ablative | -mine | -minibus |
Vocative | -men | -mina |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Mokilese edit
Suffix edit
-men
- Classifier suffix used to form the numerals used to count animate nouns
- Indefinite suffix for animate nouns
Derived terms edit
See: Category:Mokilese terms suffixed with -men
See also edit
Occitan edit
Suffix edit
-men
- Alternative form of -ment
Old Occitan edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin -mente.
Suffix edit
-men
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
Originally from Ottoman Turkish ـمن (-men), inherited from Proto-Turkic [Term?], as in değirmen. In some Ottoman coinages it conflated with Persian ـمان (-mân, “-like”). Sense 1 is found mainly in language reforms' coinages, and was likely influenced by German -mann and English -man.
Suffix edit
preceding vowel | |
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A / I / O / U | E / İ / Ö / Ü |
-man | -men |
-men
- Forms agent nouns from verbs, denoting professions. -er, -ant
- Forms nouns and adjectives from verbal roots.
- Forms nouns and adjectives denoting a high degree or excess.
- Forms nouns and adjectives denoting fondness and passion.
- Forms nouns of communities.
Derived terms edit
References edit
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “-man2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3043
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “+mAn”, in Nişanyan Sözlük