-am¹ Oblique plural suffix (with a-declension nouns)

Part of Speech	sfx
Phonetic Form	-am
Variant Form(s)	-óom (With accent-shifting nouns) ; -éem (With ai-ending nouns) ; -úum (With accent-shifting nouns in Biori)

• • Oblique plural suffix (with a-declension nouns)

  • • Example 126:
      

      ghueeṇíiam maníitu ki ni bíiḍa zinaawúr xálaka hína.

      ghueeṇíi

      Pashtun

      -am

      -pl.obl

      maníit

      say.pfv

      -u

      -MSG

      ki

      comp

      ni

      3pl.prox.nom

      bíiḍ

      much

      -a

      -MPL

      zinaawúr

      wild

      xálak

      people

      -a

      -pl

      hin

      be.prs

      -a

      -MPL

      The Pashtuns said, "These are very wild people."

      Source: A:CHA008

    • Example 127:
      

      so gáaḍam díi náqal tháanu.

      so

      3MSG.nom

      gaḍ

      big

      -am

      -pl.obl

      díi

      from

      náqal

      copying

      the

      do

      -án

      -prs

      -u

      -MSG

      He imitates [lit. makes a copy from] his elders.

      Source: A:SMO005

    • Example 128:
      

      asíi tu teṇteeṇíi ghooṣṭóom the práaču hareeṇḍeéu.

      asíi

      1pl.gen

      tu

      2sg.nom

      teṇ=

      REDUP

      teeṇíi

      refl

      ghoóṣṭ

      house

      -am

      -pl.obl

      the

      to

      práaču

      guest

      har

      take.away

      -eeṇḍeéu

      -OBLG

      We should take you to our homes as a guest.

      Source: A:BHB251

Related entries

• See also:
  • -íim¹ Oblique plural suffix (with i-declension nouns)
  • -eém Oblique plural suffix (with ee-declension nouns)
  • -óom¹ Oblique plural suffix (with aan-declension nouns, and with accent-shifting a-declension nouns)
• Subentry:
  • -éem Oblique plural suffix (with ai-ending a-declension nouns)