-men
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-men
Basque
[edit]Etymology
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Suffix
[edit]-men
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “-men” in Labayru Hiztegia
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [men]
Suffix
[edit]-men n (genitive -minis); third declension
- forms nouns, usually from verbs, generally describing the means, instrument, or result of an action
Usage notes
[edit]Derivatives of first-conjugation verbs end in -āmen and derivatives of fourth-conjugation verbs end in -īmen:
- lībrō, lībrāre (“to balance, poise”) (present stem lībrā-) + -men → lībrāmen (“balance, poise”)
- mūniō, mūnīre (“to fortify”) (present stem mūnī-) + -men → mūnīmen (“defense, fortification”)
Derivatives of second- and third-conjugation verbs show more complicated formations depending on the stem involved:
- augeō, augēre (“to increase, enlarge”) + -men → augmen (“increase, growth”)
- acuō, acuere (“to sharpen”) + -men → acūmen (“sharpened point”)
There are also some derivatives from nouns or adjectives, which show variable formation: some end in -āmen (such as linteāmen, oleāmen, pinguāmen from linteum, oleum, pinguis) while others end in -ūmen (such as albūmen, caldūmen from albus, caldus).
Compare the related suffix -mentum; for some nouns ending in -men, there is a corresponding noun ending in -mentum with a similar meaning, such as vēlāmen (“covering”) and vēlāmentum (“covering”).
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -men | -mina |
| genitive | -minis | -minum |
| dative | -minī | -minibus |
| accusative | -men | -mina |
| ablative | -mine | -minibus |
| vocative | -men | -mina |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Aromanian: -ame, -ami, -imi
- Catalan: -am, -im, -um
- Galician: -ame, -ime, -ume
- Italian: -ame, -ime, -ume
- Portuguese: -ame, -ão, -ime, -ume, -um
- Romanian: -ime
- Sicilian: -ami, -imi, -umi
- Spanish: -ambre, -imbre, -umbre
Mokilese
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-men
- Classifier suffix used to form the numerals used to count animate nouns
- Indefinite suffix for animate nouns
Derived terms
[edit]See: Category:Mokilese terms suffixed with -men
See also
[edit]| Demonstratives | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Proximal (near speaker) | -e | -kai |
| Medial (near hearer) | -en, -n | -kan |
| Distal (near neither speaker nor hearer) | -o, -u | -ok |
| Articles | ||
| indefinite | -w, -men, -pas, -kij | -pwi |
| definite | -wa | -wa |
Occitan
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-men
- alternative form of -ment
Old Occitan
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin -mente.
Suffix
[edit]-men
- Forms adverbs from feminine adjectives. -wise, -ly
Turkish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Originally from Ottoman Turkish ـمن (-men), inherited from Proto-Turkic *-man, as in değirmen. In some Ottoman coinages it conflated with Persian ـمان (-mân, “-like”). Sense 1 is found mainly in language reforms' coinages, and was likely influenced by German -mann and English -man.
Suffix
[edit]| preceding vowel | |
|---|---|
| a / ı / o / u | e / i / ö / ü |
| -man | -men |
-men
- Forms agent nouns from verbs, denoting professions. -er, -ant
- Forms nouns and adjectives from verbal roots.
- Forms nouns and adjectives denoting a high degree or excess.
- Forms nouns and adjectives denoting fondness and passion.
- Forms nouns of communities.
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “-man2”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3043
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “+mAn”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
- English non-lemma forms
- English suffix forms
- English plurals in -men with singular in -man
- Basque lemmas
- Basque suffixes
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 1-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin suffixes
- Latin noun-forming suffixes
- Latin third declension suffixes
- Latin neuter suffixes in the third declension
- Latin neuter suffixes
- Mokilese lemmas
- Mokilese suffixes
- Occitan lemmas
- Occitan suffixes
- Old Occitan terms inherited from Late Latin
- Old Occitan terms derived from Late Latin
- Old Occitan lemmas
- Old Occitan suffixes
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms inherited from Proto-Turkic
- Turkish terms derived from Proto-Turkic
- Turkish terms derived from Persian
- Turkish terms derived from German
- Turkish terms derived from English
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish suffixes