-ймаць

Belarusian

Alternative forms

  • -ыма́ць (-ymácʹ)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic имати (imati), from Proto-Slavic *jьmati, formed as a suffix from the now-uncommon verb іма́ць (imácʹ, to take; to possess). Related to мець (mjecʹ). Compare Ukrainian -йма́ти (-jmáty), itself related to ма́ти (máty); as well as archaic Russian има́ть (imátʹ), later reanalyzed as -нима́ть (-nimátʹ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈjmat͡sʲ]

Suffix

-йма́ць • (-jmácʹ) (perfective -ня́ць)

  1. Combining form used to form imperfective counterparts of prefixed derivatives of -няць (-njacʹ, to take).

Conjugation

Derived terms

Belarusian terms suffixed with -ймаць
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