-nain

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Ingrian

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Etymology

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From *-na (essive suffix) +‎ -in. Akin to Finnish -nainen.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-nain (front vowel variant -näin)

  1. Used to form adjectives describing a quality of a structure of something.

Declension

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Declension of -nain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative -nain -naiset
genitive -naisen -naisiin
partitive -naista, -naist -naisia
illative -naisee -naisii
inessive -naisees -naisiis
elative -naisest -naisist
allative -naiselle -naisille
adessive -naiseel -naisiil
ablative -naiselt -naisilt
translative -naiseks -naisiks
essive -naisenna, -naiseen -naisinna, -naisiin
exessive1) -naisent -naisint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

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