-iain

Ingrian

Etymology

From -ja +‎ -in. Akin to Finnish -iainen.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /-ijɑi̯ne/, [-ijɑi̯n]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /-iɑi̯n/, [-iɑi̯n]

Suffix

-iain (front vowel variant -iäin)

1. Used to form nouns, especially names of insects.

   ‎siitä (“to breed”) + ‎-iain → ‎sikiäin (“insect”)

Declension

Declension of -iain (type 1/kärpäin, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	-iain	-iaiset
genitive	-iaisen	-iaisiin
partitive	-iaista, -iaist	-iaisia
illative	-iaisee	-iaisii
inessive	-iaisees	-iaisiis
elative	-iaisest	-iaisist
allative	-iaiselle	-iaisille
adessive	-iaiseel	-iaisiil
ablative	-iaiselt	-iaisilt
translative	-iaiseks	-iaisiks
essive	-iaisenna, -iaiseen	-iaisinna, -iaisiin
exessive1)	-iaisent	-iaisint
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

Ingrian terms suffixed with -iain