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FromProto-Balto-Slavic*aum-, fromProto-Indo-European*h₂ew-m-o-, a derivation of*h₂ew-(“to see, perceive”). Cognate withLithuanianaumuõ(“mind”) and indirectlyAncient Greekαἰσθάνομαι(aisthánomai,“to perceive”),Sanskritआविस्(āvís,“openly, manifestly, evidently”),[1]Latinaudiō, andHittite𒌋𒀪𒄭(u-uḫ-ḫi,“I see”).
| singular | dual | plural | |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *ũmъ | *ūmà | *ūmì |
| genitive | *ūmà | *ūmù | *ũmъ |
| dative | *ūmù | *ūmòma | *ūmòmъ |
| accusative | *ũmъ | *ūmà | *ūmỳ |
| instrumental | *ūmъ̀mь,*ūmòmь* | *ūmòma | *ũmy |
| locative | *ūmě̀ | *ūmù | *ũměxъ |
| vocative | *ume | *ūmà | *ūmì |
*-ъmь in North Slavic,-omь in South Slavic.