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-umas
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umas
Lithuanian
Etymology
From lt 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.
Compare sgs -oms, lv -ums.
Pronunciation
-ùmas
Suffix
m -ùmai 2 -ùmas
Added mostly to adjectives ending in -as and -us to form nouns indicating a state of being, similar to (and frequently corresponding to) -ness, -ence
Declension
-um -ùm
Derived terms
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