-ումն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From the stem element -ու (-u) + Proto-Indo-European *-men-, *-mn̥ suffix. Compare -մն (-mn).

Suffix

-ումն (-umn)

  1. forming action nouns
    անկանիմankanimto fall
    անկումնankumnfall, the action of falling
    շարժեմšaržemto move
    շարժումնšaržumnmovement

Declension

Derived terms

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Descendants

References

  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998), -ումն”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʿneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʿ lezvi hamematakan kʿerakanutʿyan harcʿer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʿi, pages 5–48
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