Meaning of -um | Babel Free

Definitions

1. used to form the dative plural of most nouns, all strong adjectives and most pronouns
   morpheme
2. first-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of -a (all verbs)
   first-person, form-of, indicative, morpheme, plural, present, subjunctive
3. used to form some adverbs from nouns or adjectives — it is actually a frozen dative
   morpheme
4. first-person plural past indicative/subjunctive of -a (strong verbs)
   first-person, form-of, indicative, morpheme, past, plural, subjunctive

Examples

“hestur (“horse”) + -um → hestum (“(for) horses”)”

“ríkur (“rich”) + -um → ríkum (“(for) (the) rich”)”

“stund (“time, hour”) + -um → stundum (“sometimes”)”

“langur (“long”) + -um → löngum (“oftentimes”)”

“brjóta (“to break”) + -um → brjótum (“(we) break”, present indicative/subjunctive)”

“brjóta (“to break”) + -um → brutum (“(we) broke”, past indicative)”

“brjóta (“to break”) + -um → brytum (“(we) would break”, past subjunctive; with i-mutation)”

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