-mus

-m- +‎ -us

-mus (front vowel harmony variant -mys, linguistic notation -mUs)

1. Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of -us used with verbs of conjugation type 61 (sallia), and those verbs in types 52 (sanoa) and 53 (muistaa) whose stem consists of at most two syllables

   ‎tutkia (“to study, explore, investigate”) + ‎-mus → ‎tutkimus (“research, investigation”)

   ‎luottaa (“to trust”) + ‎-mus → ‎luottamus (“trust”)

2. Forms names for people and things from stems.

   ‎yli- (“over, upper”) + ‎-mus → ‎ylimys (“aristocrat”)

   ‎surkea (“miserable”) + ‎-mus → ‎surkimus (“weakling”)

   ‎pyhä (“holy”) + ‎-mus → ‎pyhimys (“saint”)

   ‎iso (“large”) + ‎-mus → ‎isomus (“large gold nugget”)

When attached to verbs ending in the derivational affix -utua / -ytyä, the -tu- / -ty- is elided (e.g. sitoutua + -mus → sitoumus instead of sitoutumus, which may be found in older language).

• → Northern Sami: -muš

From -m- +‎ -us. Akin to Finnish -mus.

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-mus/, [-muz̠]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-mus/, [-muʒ̥]

-mus (front vowel variant -ys)

1. Used to form action nouns from verbs: -ing

   ‎kysy- (“to ask”) + ‎-mus → ‎kysymys (“question”)

From Proto-Samic [Term?].

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-mus (with odd-syllable stems -eamọs)

1. Forms the superlative of adjectives.

• This suffix triggers the weak grade on a preceding stressed syllable.

• See Category:Northern Sami adjective superlative forms