-մք

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

Suffix

-մք • (-mkʿ)

  1. first-person plural present-tense ending of verbs
    որսամք ― orsamkʿ ― we hunt
    գրեմք ― gremkʿ ― we write
    հայիմք ― hayimkʿ ― we look
    արգելումք ― argelumkʿ ― we hinder

Derived terms

  • -ամք (-amkʿ)
  • -եմք (-emkʿ)
  • -իմք (-imkʿ)
  • -ումք (-umkʿ)

See also

References

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