Reconstruction:Proto-Finnic/-lainën
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This Proto-Finnic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence. |
Proto-Finnic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the place suffix *-la + *-inën.
Suffix
[edit]*-lainën / *-läinen
- Forms adjectives relating to a place.
- Forms nouns referring to the inhabitant of a place.
- Forms certain diminutive nouns.
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of *-lainën
| Note: The Proto-Finnic declension system is yet to be reconstructed in detail. What is presented here is only one possibility. | |||
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | *-lainën | *-laicët | |
| accusative | *-laicën | *-laicët | |
| genitive | *-laicën | *-laictën *-laicidën | |
| partitive | *-laicta | *-laicida | |
| inessive | *-laicëssa *-laicëhna |
*-laicissa *-laicihna | |
| elative | *-laicësta | *-laicista | |
| illative | *-laicëhën | *-laicihën | |
| adessive | *-laicëlla | *-laicilla | |
| ablative | *-laicëlta | *-laicilta | |
| allative | *-laicëlën *-laicëlëk |
*-laicilën *-laicilëk | |
| essive | *-lainna | *-laicina | |
| translative | *-laicëksi | *-laiciksi | |
| instructive | *-laicën | *-laicin | |
| comitative | *-lainnëk | *-laicinëk | |
| abessive | *-laicëtta | *-laicitta | |