-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).

Suffix

-muõ stress pattern 3

(largely unproductive) Forms singularizing nouns from verbs.
dė́ti (“put”) → dėmuõ (“component”)

kéisti (“change”) → kaitmuõ (“inflection”)

matúoti (“measure”) → matmuõ (“dimension”)

vaidi̇̀nti (“act”) → 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