-am

See also: Appendix:Variations of "am"

Esperanto

Suffix

-am

1. -time (suffix for correlatives of time)

Derived terms

Derived terms

• ĉiam (“always”)
• iam (“sometime”)
• kiam (“when”)

• neniam (“never”)
• (nonce) aliam (“(at) another time, sometime else”)
• tiam (“then”)

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɒm]

Suffix

-am

1. (possessive suffix) my (first-person singular, single possession)

   ház (“house”) → a házam (“my house”)

2. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a noun or a verb to form a noun.

   áll (“to stand”) → állam (“state”)

   dal (“song”) → dallam (“tune”)

   hoz (“to bring”) → hozam (“yield”)

   tart (“to hold”) → tartam (“span as in lifespan”)

Usage notes

• (possessive suffix) Variants:

  -m is added to words ending in a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-. Final -e changes to -é-.

  ‎hajó (“boat”) + ‎-m → ‎a hajóm (“my boat”)

  ‎kocsi (“car”) + ‎-m → ‎a kocsim (“my car”)

  ‎palota (“palace”) + ‎-m → ‎a palotám (“my palace”)

  ‎érme (“coin”) + ‎-m → ‎az érmém (“my coin”)

  -am is added to some back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎ház (“house”) + ‎-am → ‎a házam (“my house”)

  -om is added to the other back-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎kor (“age”) + ‎-om → ‎a korom (“my age”)

  -em is added to unrounded (and some rounded) front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎kert (“garden”) + ‎-em → ‎a kertem (“my garden”)

  ‎fül (“ear”) + ‎-em → ‎a fülem (“my ear”)

  -öm is added to most rounded front-vowel words ending in a consonant

  ‎öröm (“joy”) + ‎-öm → ‎az örömöm (“my joy”)

• (noun-forming suffix) A final single l may become long ll. Variants:

  -am is added to back vowel words

  -em is added to front vowel words

Declension

(possessive suffix):

Inflection (stem in -a-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-am	—
accusative	-amat	—
dative	-amnak	—
instrumental	-ammal	—
causal-final	-amért	—
translative	-ammá	—
terminative	-amig	—
essive-formal	-amként	—
essive-modal	-amul	—
inessive	-amban	—
superessive	-amon	—
adessive	-amnál	—
illative	-amba	—
sublative	-amra	—
allative	-amhoz	—
elative	-amból	—
delative	-amról	—
ablative	-amtól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	-amé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	-améi	—

(noun suffix):

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	-am	-amok
accusative	-amot	-amokat
dative	-amnak	-amoknak
instrumental	-ammal	-amokkal
causal-final	-amért	-amokért
translative	-ammá	-amokká
terminative	-amig	-amokig
essive-formal	-amként	-amokként
essive-modal	-amul	-amokul
inessive	-amban	-amokban
superessive	-amon	-amokon
adessive	-amnál	-amoknál
illative	-amba	-amokba
sublative	-amra	-amokra
allative	-amhoz	-amokhoz
elative	-amból	-amokból
delative	-amról	-amokról
ablative	-amtól	-amoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	-amé	-amoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	-améi	-amokéi

Possessive forms of -am
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	-amom	-amaim
2nd person sing.	-amod	-amaid
3rd person sing.	-ama	-amai
1st person plural	-amunk	-amaink
2nd person plural	-amotok	-amaitok
3rd person plural	-amuk	-amaik

Derived terms

Hungarian nouns suffixed with -am

See also

• Category:Hungarian noun forms
• Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /am/, [ä̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /am/, [äm]

Etymology 1

A declined form of -us (suffix forming adjectives).

Suffix

1. accusative feminine singular of -us

Etymology 2

A declined form of -a (suffix forming masculine agent nouns).

Suffix

1. accusative singular of -a

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Volapük

Suffix

-am

1. Used to form a verbal noun.

Derived terms

Volapük terms suffixed with -am