Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-hinën
Appearance
Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From *-h- + *-inën. The initial component is the 'weak grade' of *-s- (rather, developed via a regular sound change, not via consonant gradation) that is also found in the inessive (*-ssa) and illative (*-hën) endings, which in this affix has a locative sense.
Suffix
[edit]*-hinën / *-hinen
- Forms nouns or adjectives, mainly from nominal stems.
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *-hinën
Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
singular | plural | ||
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nominative | *-hinën | *-hicet | |
accusative | *-hicen | *-hicet | |
genitive | *-hicen | *-hictën *-hicidën | |
partitive | *-hicta | *-hicida | |
inessive | *-hicessa *-hicehna |
*-hicissa *-hicihna | |
elative | *-hicesta | *-hicista | |
illative | *-hicehën | *-hicihën | |
adessive | *-hicella | *-hicilla | |
ablative | *-hicelta | *-hicilta | |
allative | *-hicelën *-hicelëk |
*-hicilën *-hicilëk | |
essive | *-hinna | *-hicina | |
translative | *-hiceksi | *-hiciksi | |
instructive | *-hicen | *-hicin | |
comitative | *-hinnëk | *-hicinëk | |
abessive | *-hicetta | *-hicitta |