-մք

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *-mes(-), the first-person plural primary personal ending.

Suffix

-մք • (-mkʻ)

  1. first-person plural present-tense ending of verbs
    որսամք ― orsamkʻ ― we hunt
    գրեմք ― gremkʻ ― we write
    հայիմք ― hayimkʻ ― we look
    արգելումք ― argelumkʻ ― we hinder

Derived terms

  • -ամք (-amkʻ)
  • -եմք (-emkʻ)
  • -իմք (-imkʻ)
  • -ումք (-umkʻ)

See also

References

  • Fortson, Benjamin W. (2010) Indo-European Language and Culture: An Introduction, second edition, Oxford: Blackwell, page 391
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