-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 (-mă), Old Armenian -ումն (-umn).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [²ˈ-muɔ]
• Rhymes: -uɔ
• Syllabification: -muõ

Suffix

-muõ stress pattern 3

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

   ‎dė́ti (“put”) + ‎-muõ → ‎dėmuõ (“component”)

   ‎kéisti (“change”) + ‎-muõ → ‎kaitmuõ (“inflection”)

   ‎matúoti (“measure”) + ‎-muõ → ‎matmuõ (“dimension”)

   ‎vaidi̇̀nti (“act”) + ‎-muõ → ‎vaidmuõ (“role, part”)

Declension

Declension of -muõ

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

Derived terms

Lithuanian terms suffixed with -muo

armuo

duomuo

lygmuo

plaukmuo

sprogmuo

šaudmuo

tešmuo

vaidmuo