ammus

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑmːus/, [ˈɑ̝mːus̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːus
• Hyphenation^(key): am‧mus

ammu- +‎ -us

ammus

1. projectile (general term for any kind of firearm projectile)
2. (in the plural) ammunition

• ampua

• “ammus”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

ammus

1. second-person singular present imperative of ampua (with enclitic -s)

ammus

1. second-person singular present imperative of ammua (with enclitic -s)

• sammu, samum, summa

From ampua (“to strike”) +‎ -us. Akin to Finnish ammus.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈɑmːus/, [ˈɑmːŭz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈɑmːus/, [ˈɑmːuʒ̥]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈɑmːus/, [ˈɑmːuʒ̥]
• Rhymes: -ɑmːus
• Hyphenation: am‧mus

ammus

1. attack (of an illness)

Declension of ammus (type 2/petos, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	ammus	ammukset
genitive	ammuksen	ammuksiin
partitive	ammusta, ammust	ammuksia
illative	ammuksee	ammuksii
inessive	ammuksees	ammuksiis
elative	ammuksest	ammuksist
allative	ammukselle	ammuksille
adessive	ammukseel	ammuksiil
ablative	ammukselt	ammuksilt
translative	ammukseks	ammuksiks
essive	ammuksenna, ammukseen	ammuksinna, ammuksiin
exessive1)	ammuksent	ammuksint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 15
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 20

From the same root as ames (“to be dirty”).

ammus m (construct wammus, plural ammusen, construct plural wammusen)

1. filth, dirt

• amas (late form)

From a byform *admessus, a derivative of Proto-Celtic *messus, the ancestor of mess (“judgement”). Equivalent henceforth to ad- +‎ mess. The syncope of the front vowel in the second syllable triggered the palatalization of the ms cluster in the oblique stems, with u-infection obscuring the original front vowel in the rest of the declension.

• IPA^(key): /ˈamus/

ammus m

1. verbal noun of ad·midethar
2. attempt, effort
3. act of tempting, temptation
4. act of attacking; attack
5. guess, conjecture
6. act of hitting the mark
7. (poetry) assonance, imperfect rhyme

Masculine u-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ammus	ammusL	aimseH
Vocative	ammus	ammusL	amsiuH
Accusative	ammusN	ammusL	amsiuH
Genitive	aimseoH, aimseaH	aimseoL, aimseaL	aimseN
Dative	ammusL	aimsib	aimsib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

• Irish: amas

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ammus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language