-iain

Ingrian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Suffix

-iain (front vowel variant -iäin)

  1. Used to form nouns, especially names of insects.
    siitä (to breed) + -iainsikiäin (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
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