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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-mę

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Alternative forms
  • *-smę (possibly in *čismę, *pismę)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic *-men, *-min, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥.

Cognate with Old Prussian -men, Lithuanian -muõ.

Suffix

*-mę n

  1. Deverbal, what is being/to-be/became
    *znamę (“sign”) ⇐ *znati (“to know”)
    *sěmę (“seed”) : *sějati (“to sow”), *sějetь
    *vermę ⇐ **versti (⇒ *verteno, *vortъ) : *vьrtěti (“to turn”)
    *bermę (“load, burden”) ⇐ *bьrati (“to take, *carry”), *beretь,
    *plemę (“tribe”) ⇐ **pledmę ⇐ **plesti (“?”) (⇒ *plodъ (“fruit”))
    *čismę (“number”) ⇐ **čitsmę / **čitmę ⇐ *čisti (“count”), *čьtetь
    *pismę ⇐ *pisati / *pьsati, *pišetь
  2. Denominal, secondary or alternative
    *vymę (“udder”) ⇐ Proto-Indo-European *h₁ówHdʰr̥ n (“udder”)
    *ormę / *ormo
    *pasmę / *pasmo
    *polmę / *polmy m

Declension
Declension of *-mę (n-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *-mę *-meni *-mena
genitive *-mene *-menu *-menъ
dative *-meni *-menьma *-menьmъ
accusative *-mę *-meni *-mena
instrumental *-menьmь *-menьma *-meny
locative *-mene *-menu *-menьxъ
vocative *-mę *-meni *-mena

See also
  • *-my m
  • *-ьma, *-ьmo
  • *-mъ (“present passive participle”)
  • *-ъmь / *-omь (“o-stem instrumental”)
  • *-ьmi (“i-stem instrumental”)

Derived terms
Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-mę

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic: -мѧ (-mę), -мꙗ (-mja)
      • Old Ruthenian: -мѧ (-mja), -мꙗ (-mja)
        • Belarusian: -мя (-mja), -ме (-mje)
        • Ukrainian: -м'я (-mʺja), -мя (-mja)
      • Middle Russian: -мѧ (-mja), -мꙗ (-mja)
        • Russian: -мя (-mja)
  • South Slavic:
    • Old Church Slavonic:
      Old Cyrillic script: -мѧ (-mę)
      Glagolitic script: -ⰿⱔ (-mę)
    • Bulgarian: -ме (-me)
    • Macedonian: -ме (-me)
    • Serbo-Croatian:
      Cyrillic script: -ме, -мен
      Latin script: -me, -men
    • Slovene: -me
  • West Slavic:
    • Old Czech: -mě
      • Czech: -mě, -meno
    • Kashubian: -miã
    • Polabian: -mą
    • Old Polish: -mię
      • Polish: -mię
      • Silesian: -miã
    • Slovak: -mä, -meno
    • Slovincian: -me
    • Sorbian:

Further reading
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