"-ment" meaning in Scots

See -ment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /mənt/
Etymology: From Middle English -ment. Etymology templates: {{inh|sco|enm|-ment}} Middle English -ment Head templates: {{head|sco|suffix}} -ment
  1. Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state. Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en--ment-sco-suffix-Ae3pd44N Categories (other): Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries, Scots entries with incorrect language header
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-ment"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English -ment.",
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        "1": "sco",
        "2": "suffix"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "sco",
  "pos": "suffix",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w"
        },
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          "name": "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mənt/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-ment"
}
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      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English -ment.",
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      },
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    }
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        "Pages with entries",
        "Scots entries with incorrect language header",
        "Scots lemmas",
        "Scots suffixes",
        "Scots terms derived from Middle English",
        "Scots terms inherited from Middle English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Forms nouns from verbs, usually indicating a resulting action or state."
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
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    }
  ],
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