-մք

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

Suffix

-մք • (-mkʻ)

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

-մ (-m)
-ս (-s)
-յ (-y)
-յք (-ykʻ)
-ն (-n)

References

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

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