-uomenė

Lithuanian

Alternative forms

  • -iuomenė
  • (Žemaitian) -ūmenė, -iūmenė

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ûə.mʲɛ.nʲeː/

Suffix

-úomenė f (plural -úomenės) stress pattern 1

  1. Forms collective nouns.
    karys (soldier) + -uomenėkariuomenė (army)

Declension

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Further reading

  • Saulius Ambrazas (1992) “On the development of nomina collectiva in the Baltic languages”, in Linguistica Baltica, number 1, page 42
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