-дыме

Eastern Mari

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dəme/
  • Rhymes: -əme
  • Hyphenation: ды‧ме

Suffix

-дыме • (-dyme) (front vowel harmony variant -дымо / -дымӧ)

  1. privative suffix: -less
    ‎сын (syn, “color/colour”) + ‎-дыме (-dyme) → ‎сындыме (syndyme, “colorless/colourless”)
  2. forms the negative participle
    ‎пӱраш (püraš) + ‎-дыме (-dyme) → ‎пӱрыдымӧ (pürydymö)

Derived terms

Eastern Mari terms suffixed with -дыме
амалдыме
сындыме

References

  • Timothy Riese, Jeremy Bradley, Tatiana Yefremova (2022) “-дыме”, in An Essential Grammar for International Learners‎[1], page 377
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