-ums

ums English Etymology Perhaps after en diddums or en snookums. Suffix Used in forming affectionate terms of address. Derived terms en Dutch Suffix nl suffix inflectional suffixes nl -um Synonyms nl -a Latgalian Etymology From ltg ine-bsl-pro *-mas. Cognates include lv -ums and lt -umas. Pronunciation Suffix ltg suffix Used to form resultative nouns from verbs: -ion Declension Derived terms ltg Latvian Etymology From lv bat-pro *-umas, possibly from an earlier suffix ine-bsl-pro *-ma(s) added to a u-stem (e.g., lt saugùs safe, sure, lt saugumas saugù-mas), from which the u was reinterpreted as part of the suffix and then extended to other stems. Cognate with lt -umas.258 Suffix Added to adjectives to form nouns indicating a state of being, similar to (and frequently corresponding to) en -ness, en -ence, en -tion. Added to verbs to form nouns indicating an object produced by the action described by the verb. Derived terms lv References