-ų

Lithuanian

Alternative forms
  • -ių

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *-um; compare Latvian -u, Old Prussian -an -un, Proto-Slavic *-ъ, exemplifying a Balto-Slavic shortening and raising of Proto-Indo-European *-ōm; compare Sanskrit -आम् (-ām), Ancient Greek -ων (-ōn), Old Norse -a. According to Eugen Hill, this shortening was regular before final *-N in Balto-Slavic (compare feminine accusative singular -ą); whereas *o was raised to *u in stressed final syllables. Compare -ù (“instrumental singular ending”); see -ùs for more.[1]

Suffix

-ų̃

  1. Used to form genitive plurals of masculine and feminine nouns and adjectives.

Derived terms
  • -ųjų

References
  1. Eugen Hill. (2013) 'Historical phonology in service of subgrouping. Two laws of final syllables in the common prehistory of baltic and slavonic'. Baltistica, volume 48, number 2, p. 161-204
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