-ums
See also: ums
Dutch edit
Suffix edit
-ums
Synonyms edit
Latgalian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-mas. Cognates include Latvian -ums and Lithuanian -umas.
Pronunciation edit
Suffix edit
-ums
- Used to form resultative nouns from verbs: -ion
Declension edit
Declension of -ums (type 1 noun)
Derived terms edit
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
-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.