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Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/-ьmo

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

Etymology

Compare with Old Lithuanian -imas and Lithuanian -imas.

Suffix

*-ьmo n

  1. Deverbal, from the root, forming nouns.
    *derǫ̀ (“to tear, flay”) → *derьmò
    *kurìti (“to smoke”) → *kũrьmo
    *pišǫ̀ (“to write”) → *pisьmò
    *pově̀siti (“to hang”) → *pově̀sьmo
    *oràti (“to plough”) → *orьmò
  2. Deadjectival, from the root, forming noun.
    *bě̀lъ (“white”) (or verb *bě̀liti?) → *bě̀lьmo
  3. Deverbal, from the root, forming adverbs.
    *darìti → *darьmò

Declension
Declension of *-ьmo (hard o-stem)
singular dual plural
nominative *-ьmo *-ьmě *-ьma
genitive *-ьma *-ьmu *-ьmъ
dative *-ьmu *-ьmoma *-ьmomъ
accusative *-ьmo *-ьmě *-ьma
instrumental *-ьmъmь, *-ьmomь* *-ьmoma *-ьmy
locative *-ьmě *-ьmu *-ьměxъ
vocative *-ьmo *-ьmě *-ьma
* -ъmь in North Slavic, -omь in South Slavic.

See also

Derived terms
Proto-Slavic terms suffixed with *-ьmo

Descendants
  • East Slavic:
    • Old East Slavic:
      • Russian: -мо (-mo)
      • Ukrainian: -мо (-mo)

References
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1975), “*bělьmo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 2 (*bez – *bratrъ), Moscow: Nauka, page 86
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*darьmo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 192
  • Trubachyov, Oleg, editor (1977), “*derьmo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 4 (*čaběniti – *děľa), Moscow: Nauka, page 214
  • Trubachyov, O., Zhuravlyov, A. F., editors (2005), “*orьmo”, in Этимологический словарь славянских языков [Etymological dictionary of Slavic languages] (in Russian), numbers 32 (*obžьnъ – *orzbotati), Moscow: Nauka, →ISBN, page 234
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