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Azerbaijani

Suffix

More information preceding vowel, a / i / o / u ...
preceding vowel
a / i / o / u e / ə / i̇ / ö / ü
postconsonantal -am -əm
postvocalic -yam -yəm
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-am

  1. Postconsonantal form of -əm after the vowels A / I / O / U.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -āmen, variant of -men, a noun-forming suffix.

Pronunciation

Suffix

-am m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ams)

  1. (often pejorative) indicates a collectivity
    ‎mosquit (“mosquito”) + ‎-am → ‎mosquitam (“swarm of mosquitos”)
    ‎trast (“piece of junk”) + ‎-am → ‎trastam (“junk”)

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -am
bestiam
brancam
budellam
clavegueram
fustam
mosquitam
ollam
rocam
trastam

Further reading

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [am]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: am

Suffix

-am

  1. suffix for correlatives of time

Derived terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Suffix

-am

  2. (possessive suffix) my (first-person singular, single possession)
    ház (“house”) → a házam (“my house”)
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”)
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
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 —
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Etymology 2

Suffix

-am

  2. (noun-forming suffix) Added to a noun or a verb to form a noun. A final single -l may become long -ll-.
    ‎áll (“to stand”) + ‎-am → ‎állam (“state”)
    ‎dal (“song”) + ‎-am → ‎dallam (“tune”)
    ‎hoz (“to bring”) + ‎-am → ‎hozam (“yield”)
    ‎tart (“to hold”) + ‎-am → ‎tartam (“span as in lifespan”)
Usage notes
  • (noun-forming suffix) Variants:
    -am is added to back-vowel words
    -em is added to front-vowel words
Declension
More information singular, plural ...
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
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More information possessor, single possession ...
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
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Derived terms
Hungarian nouns suffixed with -am
állam
dallam
folyam
futam
hajlam
hozam
huzam
roham
szólam
tartam

See also

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂m (accusative singular of *-éh₂). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic -ѫ (-ǫ).

    Suffix

    -am

    1. accusative feminine singular of -us
    2. accusative singular of -a

    Etymology 2

    A conjugated form of -ō (suffix forming third-conjugation verbs).

    Suffix

    -am

    1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of -ō (third conjugation)

    Ojibwe

    Final

    -am

    1. act on by mouth or teeth

    Derived terms

    See also

    References

    Suffix

    -am

    1. A suffix that acts as transitive inanimate verb (vti) class marker

    Usage notes

    -am appears on Type 2 animate intransitive verbs (vai2).

    See also

    References

    Old Irish

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -am m

    1. broad form of -em
      ‎oll (“great, vast”) + ‎-am → ‎ollam (“master, expert”)

    Phalura

    Etymology 1

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -am

    1. Oblique plural suffix (with a-declension nouns)
    Alternative forms
    • -óom (With accent-shifting nouns)
    • -éem (With ai-ending nouns)
    • -úum (With accent-shifting nouns in Biori)

    References

    • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “-am”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

    Etymology 2

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -am

    1. Instrumental suffix (with a-declension nouns)
    Alternative forms
    • -óom (With accent-shifting nouns)
    • -úum (With accent-shifting nouns in Biori)

    References

    • Henrik Liljegren, Naseem Haider (2011) “-am”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

    Portuguese

    Etymology

    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese -an, from Latin -ant. Compare Galician and Spanish -an.

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -am

    1. a suffix indicating the third-person plural present indicative of -ar
      ‎amar (“to love”) + ‎-am → ‎amam (“[They] love”)
      ‎cantar (“to sing”) + ‎-am → ‎cantam (“[They] sing”)

    Usage notes

    For verbs without any vowels in the root, -ão is used instead. (i.e. dar > dão).

    Scottish Gaelic

    Alternative forms

    • -eam (after a slender consonant)

    Etymology

    From Old Irish -imm. The spelling indicates that the m was broad before the loss of the broad/slender distinction in labial consonants; this pronunciation arose by leveling of this ending with the broad m found in first-person singular prepositional pronouns such as agam, asam, thugam etc. Compare the Ulster pronunciation of Irish -im (first-person singular present indicative and imperative) as /əmˠ/.

    Pronunciation

    Suffix

    -am

    1. first-person singular imperative ending of verbs

    Volapük

    Suffix

    -am

    1. Used to form a verbal noun.

    Derived terms

    Volapük terms suffixed with -am
    balam
    balatam
    dunam
    klubam
    kronam
    prodam

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