-mus

Appendix:Variations of "mus" Finnish Etymology fi nominal -ma -m- us association Suffix noun mys Forms nouns from verbs. Variant of fi -us action used with verbs of conjugation type 61 (fi sallia), and those verbs in types 52 (fi sanoa) and 53 (fi muistaa) whose stem consists of at most two syllables fi tutkia to study, explore, investigate tutkimus research, investigation fi luottaa to trust luottamus trust Forms names for people and things from stems. fi yli- over, upper -mys ylimys aristocrat fi surkea miserable surkimus weakling fi pyhä holy -mys pyhimys saint fi iso large isomus large gold nugget Usage notes When attached to verbs ending in the derivational affix fi -utua -utua / -ytyä, the fi -tu- / -ty- is elided (e.g. fi sitoutua + fi -mus → fi sitoumus instead of fi sitoutumus, which may be found in older language). Declension -mu a Derived terms fi Descendants se -muš 1 References Ingrian Etymology From izh -ma -m- -us. Akin to fi -mus. Pronunciation Suffix -ys Used to form action nouns from verbs: -ing izh kyssyä kysy- to ask kysymys question Declension Derived terms izh Northern Sami Etymology From se smi-pro. Pronunciation se Suffix se suffix adjective-forming suffixes with odd-syllable stems -eamọs Forms the superlative of adjectives. Usage notes w Inflection -mussa 1 Derived terms See :Category:Northern Sami adjective superlative forms