-am

See also: Appendix:Variations of "am"

Azerbaijani

Suffix

	preceding vowel
	a / ı / o / u	e / ə / i̇ / ö / ü
postconsonantal	-am	-əm
postvocalic	-yam	-yəm

-am

1. Postconsonantal form of -əm after the vowels A / I / O / U.

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin -āmen, variant of -men, a noun-forming suffix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈam]

Suffix

-am m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ams)

1. (often pejorative) indicates a collectivity

   ‎mosquit (“mosquito”) + ‎-am → ‎mosquitam (“swarm of mosquitos”)

   ‎trast (“piece of junk”) + ‎-am → ‎trastam (“junk”)

Derived terms

Catalan terms suffixed with -am

bestiam

brancam

budellam

clavegueram

fustam

mosquitam

ollam

rocam

trastam

Related terms

• -im
• -um

Further reading

• “-am”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025