-nna
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Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German -in. Introduced by Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald.
Suffix[edit]
-nna (genitive -nna, partitive -nnat)
- Forms feminine agent or occupational nouns
Declension[edit]
Declension of -nna (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | -nna | -nnad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | -nna | ||
genitive | -nnade | ||
partitive | -nnat | -nnasid | |
illative | -nnasse | -nnadesse | |
inessive | -nnas | -nnades | |
elative | -nnast | -nnadest | |
allative | -nnale | -nnadele | |
adessive | -nnal | -nnadel | |
ablative | -nnalt | -nnadelt | |
translative | -nnaks | -nnadeks | |
terminative | -nnani | -nnadeni | |
essive | -nnana | -nnadena | |
abessive | -nnata | -nnadeta | |
comitative | -nnaga | -nnadega |
Synonyms[edit]
- -tar (in some cases)
Derived terms[edit]
Ingrian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Finnic *-nna. Cognates include Finnish -na and Estonian -na.
Pronunciation[edit]
Suffix[edit]
-nna (front vowel variant -nnä)
- Used to form the essive case.
Usage notes[edit]
- In the Soikkola dialect, may trigger vowel elongation of the preceding vowel.
Inflection[edit]
Possessive forms of -nna | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | -nnaan | -nnaamme |
2nd person | -nnaas | -nnaanne |
3rd person | -nnaa | -nnaasse |
References[edit]
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 44