-men
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-men
Basque[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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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]
Suffix[edit]
-men n (genitive -minis); third declension
- forms neuter nouns of the third declension, generally with senses along the lines of 'a means of doing something'
Usage notes[edit]
Nouns ending in the suffix -men are often derived from verbs. Derivatives of first-conjugation verbs end in -āmen, such as lībrāmen from lībrō (“I balance, poise”) (active present infinitive lībrāre, present stem lībrā-). Derivatives of fourth-conjugation verbs end in -īmen. Derivatives of second- and third-conjugation verbs show various patterns depending on the stem involved. Derivatives of nouns or adjectives also show some variation: 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 also the formation and use of nouns ending in -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).
Case | 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]
- Catalan: -am, -im, -um
- Galician: -ame, -ime, -ume
- Italian: -ame, -ime, -ume
- Portuguese: -ame, -ime, -ume
- Romanian: -ime
- Sicilian: -ami, -imi, -umi
- Spanish: -ambre, -umbre
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 [Term?], 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 / I / O / U | E / İ / 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 lemmas
- English suffixes
- English plurals in -men with singular in -man
- Basque lemmas
- Basque suffixes
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Italic
- Latin terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin 1-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latin terms with Ecclesiastical IPA pronunciation
- Latin lemmas
- Latin suffixes
- Latin noun-forming suffixes
- Latin third declension suffixes
- Latin neuter suffixes in the third declension
- Latin neuter 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