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-ums

See also: ums

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-ums

  1. plural of -um

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Latgalian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-mas. Cognates include Latvian -ums and Lithuanian -umas.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-ums

  1. Used to form resultative nouns from verbs: -ion

Declension

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Declension of -ums (type 1 noun)
singular plural
nominative -ums -umi
genitive -uma -umu
dative -umam -umim
accusative -umu -umus
instrumental -umu -umim
locative -umā -umūs
vocative -um -umi

Derived terms

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Latgalian terms suffixed with -ums

Latvian

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Etymology

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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

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-ums

  1. Added to adjectives to form nouns indicating a state of being, similar to (and frequently corresponding to) English -ness, -ence, -tion.
  2. Added to verbs to form nouns indicating an object produced by the action described by the verb.

Derived terms

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Latvian terms suffixed with -ums

References

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  1. ^ Forssman, Berthold. 2001. Lettische Grammatik (Dettelbach: Verlag J. H. Röll GmbH) →ISBN, page 258.
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