-mine

See also: mine, Mine, and miné

Estonian

Etymology 1

Related to -ne and -line. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Suffix

-mine (genitive -mise, partitive -mist, comparative -misem, superlative kõige -misem)

1. derives adjectives from nouns or prefixes
   1. sise- (“inside, in”) → sisemine (“intrinsic”)
   2. pea (“head”) → peamine (“primary”)
   3. ala- (“down, under”) → alumine (“bottom, nethermost, under”)

Inflection

Declension of -mine (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		-mine	-mised
accusative	nom.
	gen.	-mise
genitive			-miste
partitive		-mist	-misi
illative		-misse -misesse	-mistesse -misisse
inessive		-mises	-mistes -misis
elative		-misest	-mistest -misist
allative		-misele	-mistele -misile
adessive		-misel	-mistel -misil
ablative		-miselt	-mistelt -misilt
translative		-miseks	-misteks -misiks
terminative		-miseni	-misteni
essive		-misena	-mistena
abessive		-miseta	-misteta
comitative		-misega	-mistega

Derived terms

Estonian terms suffixed with -mine

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *-minën.

Suffix

-mine (genitive -mise, partitive -mist)

1. forms verbal nouns from verbs, generally corresponding to the English gerund suffix -ing.
   1. sööma (“to eat”) → söömine (“eating”)
   2. esinema (“to perform”) → esinemine (“performance, performing”)

Inflection

Declension of -mine (ÕS type 12/oluline, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		-mine	-mised
accusative	nom.
	gen.	-mise
genitive			-miste
partitive		-mist	-misi
illative		-misse -misesse	-mistesse -misisse
inessive		-mises	-mistes -misis
elative		-misest	-mistest -misist
allative		-misele	-mistele -misile
adessive		-misel	-mistel -misil
ablative		-miselt	-mistelt -misilt
translative		-miseks	-misteks -misiks
terminative		-miseni	-misteni
essive		-misena	-mistena
abessive		-miseta	-misteta
comitative		-misega	-mistega

Latin

Suffix

-mine

1. ablative singular of -men