-ումն

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From the stem element -ու (-u) + (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *-men-, *-mn̥ suffix. Compare -մն (-mn).

Suffix

-ումն (-umn)

  1. forming action nouns
    անկանիմankanimto fall
    անկումնankumnfall, the action of falling
    շարժեմšaržemto move
    շարժումնšaržumnmovement

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: -ում (-um), -մունք (-munkʻ)

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-ումն”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48