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-men

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "men"

English

Etymology

From men, plural of man.

Suffix

-men

plural of -man
horsemen, sportsmen; lawmen, newsmen; freemen, icemen, supermen; Scotsmen, Chinamen

Basque

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Suffix

-men

sense, capacity
‎aditu (“to understand”) + ‎-men → ‎adimen (“intelligence”)
Forming nouns expressing an action
‎abiatu (“to start, begin”) + ‎-men → ‎abiamen (“beginning”)

Derived terms

Basque terms suffixed with -men

Further reading

“-men” in Labayru Hiztegia

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *-men, from Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɛn]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [men]

Suffix

-men n (genitive -minis); third declension

forms nouns, usually from verbs, generally describing the means, instrument, or result of an action

Usage notes

Derivatives of first-conjugation verbs end in -āmen and derivatives of fourth-conjugation verbs end in -īmen:

‎lībrō, lībrāre (“to balance, poise”) (present stem lībrā-) + ‎-men → ‎lībrāmen (“balance, poise”)

‎mūniō, mūnīre (“to fortify”) (present stem mūnī-) + ‎-men → ‎mūnīmen (“defense, fortification”)

Derivatives of second- and third-conjugation verbs show more complicated formations depending on the stem involved:

‎augeō, augēre (“to increase, enlarge”) + ‎-men → ‎augmen (“increase, growth”)

‎acuō, acuere (“to sharpen”) + ‎-men → ‎acūmen (“sharpened point”)

There are also some derivatives from nouns or adjectives, which show variable formation: some end in -āmen (such as linteāmen, oleāmen, pinguāmen from linteum, oleum, pinguis) while others end in -ūmen (such as albūmen, caldūmen from albus, caldus).

Compare the related suffix -mentum; for some nouns ending in -men, there is a corresponding noun ending in -mentum with a similar meaning, such as vēlāmen (“covering”) and vēlāmentum (“covering”).

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -men

Descendants

Aromanian: -ame, -ami, -imi
Catalan: -am, -im, -um
Galician: -ame, -ime, -ume
Italian: -ame, -ime, -ume
Portuguese: -ame, -ão, -ime, -ume, -um
Romanian: -ime
Sicilian: -ami, -imi, -umi
Spanish: -ambre, -imbre, -umbre

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Mokilese

Suffix

-men

Classifier suffix used to form the numerals used to count animate nouns
Indefinite suffix for animate nouns
‎woal (“man”) + ‎-men → ‎woalmen (“a man”)

Derived terms

See: Category:Mokilese terms suffixed with -men

See also

More information Demonstratives, Singular ...

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Occitan

Suffix

-men

alternative form of -ment

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

-ment

Etymology

From Late Latin -mente.

Suffix

-men

Forms adverbs from feminine adjectives. -wise, -ly
‎lonja f (“long”) + ‎-men → ‎lonjamen (“for a long time”)

Turkish

Etymology

Originally from Ottoman Turkish ـمن (-men), inherited from Proto-Turkic *-man, as in değirmen. In some Ottoman coinages it conflated with Persian (-mân, “-like”). Sense 1 is found mainly in language reforms' coinages, and was likely influenced by German -mann and English -man.

Suffix

More information preceding vowel, a / ı / o / u ...

-men

Forms agent nouns from verbs, denoting professions. -er, -ant
Synonym: -ci

‎öğretmek (“to teach”) + ‎-men → ‎öğretmen (“teacher”)

‎saymak (“to count”) + ‎-men → ‎sayman (“accountant, treasurer”)

‎danışmak (“to consult”) + ‎-men → ‎danışman (“consultant”)
Forms nouns and adjectives from verbal roots.
‎şişmek (“to swell, get fat”) + ‎-men → ‎şişman (“fat”)

‎azmak (“overflow, overgrow”) + ‎-men → ‎azman (“overgrown, too big, monstrous”)
Forms nouns and adjectives denoting a high degree or excess.
‎koca (“big”) + ‎-men → ‎kocaman (“huge”)

‎küçük (“small”) + ‎-men → ‎küçümen (“smaller, very small”)
Forms nouns and adjectives denoting fondness and passion.
‎evcil (“domestic, relating a home”) + ‎-men → ‎evcimen (“fond of home”)
Forms nouns of communities.
‎köle (“slave”) + ‎-men → ‎kölemen (“slaves”)

‎Türk + ‎-men → ‎Türkmen

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -men

References

Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “-man²”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3043
Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “+mAn”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

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