-ამ

• -აფ (-ap) — Khopa–Batumi, Chkhala

Inherited from Proto-Georgian-Zan *-eb (verbal thematic suffix).

-ამ • (-am) (Latin spelling -am) (Atina, Vizha, Artasheni, Vitse–Arkabi)

1. verbal thematic suffix

   ‎დუშინ- (duşin-, “to think”) + ‎-ამ (-am) → ‎დუშინამს (duşinams, “S/he thinks”)

   ‎მთურ- (mtur-, “to change something”) + ‎-ამ (-am) → ‎მთურამს (mturams, “S/he changes something”)

   ‎ხარხალ- (xarxal-, “to boil something”) + ‎-ამ (-am) → ‎ხარხალამს (xarxalams, “S/he boils something”)

   ‎ბარბალ- (barbal-, “to talk in one's sleep”) + ‎-ამ (-am) → ‎ბარბალამს (barbalams, “S/he talks in her/his sleep”)

• In Vizha and Artasheni dialects all of the consonant groups at the end of the verb are simplified to ჲ (y). -ამ-ს > -აჲ (-am-s > -ay).