-մք

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

Suffix

-մք • (-mkʿ)

first-person plural present-tense ending of verbs
որսամք ― orsamkʿ ― we hunt

գրեմք ― gremkʿ ― we write

հայիմք ― hayimkʿ ― we look

արգելումք ― argelumkʿ ― we hinder

Derived terms

-ամք (-amkʿ)
-եմք (-emkʿ)
-իմք (-imkʿ)
-ումք (-umkʿ)

See also

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

References

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

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