"-met" meaning in All languages combined

See -met on Wiktionary

Suffix [Czech]

IPA: [mɛt]
Etymology: From metat. Head templates: {{cs-noun|m-in}} -met m inan (noun-forming suffix) Inflection templates: {{cs-ndecl|m}} Forms: inanimate [table-tags], -met [nominative, singular], -mety [nominative, plural], -metu [genitive, singular], -metů [genitive, plural], -metu [dative, singular], -metům [dative, plural], -met [accusative, singular], -mety [accusative, plural], -mete [singular, vocative], -mety [plural, vocative], -metu [locative, singular], -metech [locative, plural], -metem [instrumental, singular], -mety [instrumental, plural]
  1. Denotes a device used for throwing or firing something Tags: inanimate, masculine, morpheme

Suffix [Latin]

IPA: [mɛt] [Classical-Latin], [met] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Uncertain, de Vaan suggests inheritance from Proto-Indo-European *me (“with”) + *-ti. Alternatively, Dunkel suggests egomet originates from *eǵh₂óm + *éti. From there, -met would have been reanalysed as suffix. Etymology templates: {{unc|la}} Uncertain, {{inh|la|ine-pro|-|nocat=1}} Proto-Indo-European, {{af|ine-pro|*me|*-ti|nocat=1|t1=with}} *me (“with”) + *-ti Head templates: {{head|la|suffixes}} -met
  1. an intensifier of substantive and less frequently adjective personal pronouns, it is usually followed by "ipse" Wikipedia link: Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme Tags: morpheme Derived forms: met ipse [Latin, vulgar], *metipsimus [Latin, vulgar] Related terms: -pte

Noun [Pipil]

Etymology: Compare Classical Nahuatl -meh. Etymology templates: {{cog|nci|-meh}} Classical Nahuatl -meh Head templates: {{head|ppl|suffix}} -met
  1. Forms plural nouns related to human topics.
    Sense id: en--met-ppl-noun-PFTvGqen Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pipil entries with incorrect language header
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-met",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mety",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mete",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mety",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-metu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-metem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mety",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural"
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  "lang_code": "cs",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
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        },
        {
          "text": "kule (“bullet”) + -o- + -met → kulomet (“machine gun”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "plamen (“flame”) + -met → plamenomet (“flamethrower”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "světlo (“light”) + -met → světlomet (“headlight”)"
        }
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        "Denotes a device used for throwing or firing something"
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[mɛt]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-met"
}

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        "1": "la"
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      "expansion": "Uncertain",
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        },
        {
          "text": "mihi the dative of ego → mihimet meaning \"to myself\""
        },
        {
          "text": "me the ablative and accusative of ego → memet meaning \"me myself\" or \"myself\""
        },
        {
          "text": "nos meaning \"we\" → nosmet meaning \"ourselves\""
        },
        {
          "text": "nobis the ablative and dative of nos → nobismet meaning \"to/in/with ourselves\""
        },
        {
          "text": "tu meaning \"you\" + te the ablative and accusative of tu → tutemet meaning \"you yourself\""
        },
        {
          "text": "tibi the dative of tu → tibimet meaning \"to you yourself\""
        },
        {
          "text": "vos meaning \"you (people)\" or \"ye\" → vosmet meaning \"yourselves\""
        },
        {
          "text": "mea meaning \"my\" or \"mine\" → meamet meaning \"my very own\""
        },
        {
          "text": "se → semet meaning \"himself\""
        },
        {
          "text": "sua → suamet meaning \"his very own\""
        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "ipse"
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        {
          "word": "-pte"
        }
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      ],
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        "Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[met]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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}

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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Compare Classical Nahuatl -meh.",
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}
{
  "etymology_text": "From metat.",
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      "form": "inanimate",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cs-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "-mety",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-metu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-metů",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-metu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-metům",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-met",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mety",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mete",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mety",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-metu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-metech",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "locative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "-metem",
      "source": "declension",
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        "instrumental",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-mety",
      "source": "declension",
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        "instrumental",
        "plural"
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  "lang": "Czech",
  "lang_code": "cs",
  "pos": "suffix",
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    {
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        "Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns",
        "Czech inanimate suffixes",
        "Czech lemmas",
        "Czech masculine inanimate nouns",
        "Czech masculine suffixes",
        "Czech noun-forming suffixes",
        "Czech suffixes",
        "Pages using catfix",
        "Pages with 3 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "granát (“grenade”) + -o- + -met → granátomet (“grenade launcher”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "kule (“bullet”) + -o- + -met → kulomet (“machine gun”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "plamen (“flame”) + -met → plamenomet (“flamethrower”)"
        },
        {
          "text": "světlo (“light”) + -met → světlomet (“headlight”)"
        }
      ],
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        "Denotes a device used for throwing or firing something"
      ],
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        "inanimate",
        "masculine",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "[mɛt]"
    }
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  "word": "-met"
}

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      ],
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        },
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          "text": "me the ablative and accusative of ego → memet meaning \"me myself\" or \"myself\""
        },
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          "text": "nos meaning \"we\" → nosmet meaning \"ourselves\""
        },
        {
          "text": "nobis the ablative and dative of nos → nobismet meaning \"to/in/with ourselves\""
        },
        {
          "text": "tu meaning \"you\" + te the ablative and accusative of tu → tutemet meaning \"you yourself\""
        },
        {
          "text": "tibi the dative of tu → tibimet meaning \"to you yourself\""
        },
        {
          "text": "vos meaning \"you (people)\" or \"ye\" → vosmet meaning \"yourselves\""
        },
        {
          "text": "mea meaning \"my\" or \"mine\" → meamet meaning \"my very own\""
        },
        {
          "text": "se → semet meaning \"himself\""
        },
        {
          "text": "sua → suamet meaning \"his very own\""
        }
      ],
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        "an intensifier of substantive and less frequently adjective personal pronouns, it is usually followed by \"ipse\""
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        "Lexikon der indogermanischen Partikeln und Pronominalstämme"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[met]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
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}

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  "msg": "unrecognized head form: noun-forming suffix",
  "path": [
    "-met"
  ],
  "section": "Czech",
  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-met",
  "trace": ""
}

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