-muo

See also: muo, muó, and mu'o

Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-mō, *-men-; compare Latvian -mens, Old Prussian -men, Proto-Slavic *-mę. From Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥, *-men-, a neuter nominalising suffix. Cognates include Latin -men, Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-ma), Old Armenian -ումն (-umn).

Suffix

-muõ stress pattern 3

1. (largely unproductive) Forms singularizing nouns from verbs.

   dė́ti (“put”) → dėmuõ (“component”)

   kéisti (“change”) → kaitmuõ (“inflection”)

   matúoti (“measure”) → matmuõ (“dimension”)

   vaidìnti (“act”) → vaidmuõ (“role, part”)

Declension

Declension of -muõ

	singular (vienaskaita)	plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas)	-muõ	-menys
genitive (kilmininkas)	-meñs	-menų̃
dative (naudininkas)	-meniui	-menìms
accusative (galininkas)	-menį	-menis
instrumental (įnagininkas)	-meniu	-menimìs
locative (vietininkas)	-menyjè	-menysè
vocative (šauksmininkas)	-meniẽ	-menys

Derived terms

Lithuanian terms suffixed with -muo