-atum

== Akkadian == === Alternative forms === -tum (after vowel or single consonant) === Etymology === From Proto-Semitic *-at-, from Proto-Afroasiatic *-t, *-Vt (feminine suffix). Cognate with Arabic ـَة (-a) and Biblical Hebrew ־ָה (-ɔ). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /-a.tum/ === Suffix === -atum (plural -ātum) Suffix used to form feminine adjectives from masculine adjectives. Suffix used to form feminine nouns from masculine nouns referring to people. ==== Derived terms ==== == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aː.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.tum] === Etymology 1 === From the substantivized neuter singular of perfect passive participles in -ātus. ==== Suffix ==== -ātum n (genitive -ātī); second declension forms nouns denoting the result, product, object, or effect of the action expressed by a verb ‎sternō + ‎-ātum → ‎strātum (“bed-covering”) ‎resultō + ‎-ātum → ‎resultātum (“result”) (Medieval Latin) ‎praecipitō + ‎-ātum → ‎praecipitātum (“precipitate”) (New Latin) ‎ēiaculor + ‎-ātum → ‎ēiaculātum (“ejaculate”) (New Latin) ===== Declension ===== Second-declension noun (neuter). ===== Descendants ===== → English: -ate, -atum French: -at m, -é m → German: -at n Italian: -ato m Portuguese: -ado m Russian: -ат m (-at) Spanish: -ado m === Etymology 2 === ==== Suffix ==== -ātum inflection of -ātus (“adjective-forming suffix”): accusative masculine singular nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular === Etymology 3 === ==== Suffix ==== -ātum accusative singular of -ātus (“noun-forming suffix”) === Etymology 4 === ==== Suffix ==== -ātum genitive masculine/feminine/neuter plural of -ās